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adjective
- 1. not helpful: "several complained that the staff were unhelpful"
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UNHELPFUL definition: 1. not improving a difficult situation: 2. not wanting to help someone, in a way that seems…. Learn more.
: offering no assistance : not helpful. a rude, unhelpful person. a confusing and unhelpful textbook. unhelpfully adverb. unhelpfulness noun. Examples of unhelpful in a Sentence.
Synonyms for UNHELPFUL: harmful, unfavorable, damaging, injurious, deleterious, bad, disadvantageous, impractical; Antonyms of UNHELPFUL: helpful, conducive, beneficial, favorable, profitable, advantageous, facilitative, salutary.
If you say that someone or something is unhelpful, you mean that they do not help you or improve a situation, and may even make things worse.
Unhelpful definition: not serving a useful function. See examples of UNHELPFUL used in a sentence.
Definitions of unhelpful. adjective. providing no assistance. synonyms: uncooperative. unwilling to cooperate. discouraging. depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action. unaccommodating. offering no assistance. unconstructive. not constructive. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ənˈhɛlpfʊl/ UK. /ənˈhɛlpfʊl/
UNHELPFUL meaning: 1. not improving a difficult situation: 2. not wanting to help someone, in a way that seems…. Learn more.
Definition of unhelpful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. unhelpful - providing no assistance. uncooperative - unwilling to cooperate; "an uncooperative witness". discouraging - depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word".
unhelpful definition: 1. not improving a situation: 2. not wanting to help someone, in a way that seems unfriendly: . Learn more.
