unhelpful

Example Sentences

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However, weeks went by with no further correspondence and the 33-year-old became stuck in an unhelpful loop with customer services when he tried to chase it up at the beginning of April.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

"Certain anthropomorphic phrases may even stick in readers' minds and can potentially shape public perception of AI in unhelpful ways," Aune said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

While the news is unhelpful, it doesn’t push a turnaround of the Swiss drugmaker’s pharma research-and-development engine off track, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

“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

But the weather was unhelpful, the flood all-consuming, and the confusion universal.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman