unhelpful
adjective
un·help·ful
ˌən-ˈhelp-fəl 
Southern often -ˈhep-,
also -ˈheəp-
: offering no assistance : not helpful
a rude, unhelpful person
a confusing and unhelpful textbook
unhelpfully
adverb
unhelpfulness
noun
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It’s rarely used for hives and is generally prescribed only in specific situations when other medicines are unhelpful for chronic hives.15
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Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
Yet the confusion and delay were unhelpful, particularly during a January window, and all of this played out with Dyche still in situ.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Using competitors’ names—although this would appear to be unhelpful given Google’s rules on doing so, Palant observed some extensions renaming themselves to the competition in a different language, for example.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The errors that qubits, the basic unit of information in a quantum machine, currently make result in quantum computers being largely unhelpful.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 9 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
Yet the confusion and delay were unhelpful, particularly during a January window, and all of this played out with Dyche still in situ.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Using competitors’ names—although this would appear to be unhelpful given Google’s rules on doing so, Palant observed some extensions renaming themselves to the competition in a different language, for example.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The errors that qubits, the basic unit of information in a quantum machine, currently make result in quantum computers being largely unhelpful.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Unhelpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unhelpful. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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