unhelpful

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Critics, meanwhile, argue his advice was narrowly utilitarian and ultimately unhelpful to society.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 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

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

The timing of the move is unhelpful since the lender is publishing full-year results this month and will outline its mid-term strategy in May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 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