unhelpful
Britishadjective
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Students also will practice gathering evidence by interviewing AI agents that are programmed to act like unhelpful or “dumb” clients, said Colleen Boland, an associate accounting professor.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
He said this policy was "unhelpful" and he preferred "messier" Fed meetings without "rehearsed scripts".
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
“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
Classic style is not the same as the common but unhelpful advice to “avoid abstraction.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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