unhelpful

Example Sentences

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“You only have so many tries” suggests his attempts to help could backfire; that language is inflammatory and shaming at worst and unhelpful at best.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

It was unhelpful to "put pressure on the government to fulfil things which are impossible to fulfil," he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

“While core revenues came in ahead of expectations and volume trends were encouraging, the cost miss was unhelpful and the 2026 guidance is insufficient to lift estimates this morning,” they write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

This book takes aim at what the author calls the “therapy-speak” that means well but creates an unhelpful shorthand for the more complicated problems crying out for a better means of expression.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

On the important subject of science and the decline of magic the work done by the last generation of historians is curiously unhelpful.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton