unhelpful
Americanadjective
adjective
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"Widdecombe speculation unhelpful, police warn" reads the Guardian's headline on the murder.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Madison was trying to play down expressions of Jefferson’s that he found extreme or unhelpful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“This policy is stuck in an unhelpful 2022 mindset. Consumers will continue to reduce savings rates to pay for higher oil prices.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 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
By the time he got up to the portrait of the Fat Lady and pulled off his Invisibility Cloak, he was not surprised to find her in a most unhelpful mood.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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