unhelpful

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Later life is often surrounded by unhelpful food messages: eat less, lose weight, avoid “heavy” meals, stick to soft foods.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Cryptocurrencies tend to thrive in an interest-rate-cutting environment, so an inflation spike and growing odds for a Federal Reserve rate increase are unhelpful.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

He said this policy was "unhelpful" and he preferred "messier" Fed meetings without "rehearsed scripts".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Officials from several other European governments said privately last year that the Spaniard was being unhelpful, especially over his refusal to boost defense spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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