unhelpful

/ (ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl) /


adjective
  1. not serving a useful function

Words Nearby unhelpful

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How to use unhelpful in a sentence

  • "I don't know," he replied, appearing more helpless and unhelpful than he really was.

    The Longest Journey | E. M. Forster
  • He was a young man from Montpelier, just beginning to practise, and very mysterious and technical and modern and unhelpful.

    Tono Bungay | H. G. Wells
  • So we have allowed the Bible to become antiquated and remote, venerable and unhelpful.

    The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
  • It is good for nothing else that I know of: strong; but unhelpful and unthoughtful.

  • All I did actually say was commonplace and unhelpful enough.

    The Record of Nicholas Freydon | A. J. (Alec John) Dawson