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as in harmful
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as in impractical
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as in impolite
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Recent Examples of unhelpful
This campaign has felt strenuous due to an unhelpful mixture of injuries (discussed below) and game-changing decisions.
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James McNicholas, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Read: Couples therapy, but for siblings Meanwhile, your mom is playing an unhelpful role by asking you to make things right despite the way you’ve been treated.
—Lori Gottlieb, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
After all, there may be no better time than in the aftermath of a breakup to explore your attachment style, coping mechanisms, ways of communicating, and unhelpful patterns.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
Part of what her organization does is dispel unhelpful rumors, seeking to quell fear and allow migrants to live their lives.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
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James McNicholas, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Read: Couples therapy, but for siblings Meanwhile, your mom is playing an unhelpful role by asking you to make things right despite the way you’ve been treated.
—Lori Gottlieb, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
After all, there may be no better time than in the aftermath of a breakup to explore your attachment style, coping mechanisms, ways of communicating, and unhelpful patterns.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
Part of what her organization does is dispel unhelpful rumors, seeking to quell fear and allow migrants to live their lives.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhelpful
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Scientists have found bits of plastic in the ocean that are coated in communities of microorganisms, including harmful bacteria.5 Jayakrishnan said the microplastics in the body may play a similar role, offering a medium for cancer-causing bacteria to grow and disrupt the gut microbiome.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
7 Mar. 2025
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Better yet, they can still be used on public lands to sustain local communities in place of harmful industrial extraction.—
TIME,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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But that’s impractical for building habitats on other worlds.—
Sven Bilén,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2025
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The caption itself is impractical, if not impossible, for Worthy now.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2025
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If either of these things had been true, your staying put would still not have been impolite.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Canadian sports fans have even been booing the U.S. national anthem during cross-border games, a decidedly impolite act.—
Kaleigh Rogers,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Rising economic concerns in the United States, spurred by President Trump’s tariff implementation, are creating an unfavorable market environment.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, about Vice President JD Vance, 44% of Americans polled have an unfavorable opinion, 33% rated him favorably and 23% had no opinion.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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Most revisit claims also don’t account for cloud coverage, which can make an optical image unusable.—
Elizabeth Duffy,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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One word seems to recur again and again (and again): unusable.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
11 Feb. 2025
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As has happened so often with the Trump White House’s thoughtless policy decisions, this one was reversed a day later.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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Others might tear mercilessly into someone though the criticism is based principally on thoughtless emotional baggage and has no true bearing on the matter at hand.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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That meant a cocktail of damaging offensive droughts, an inability to control ball-handlers off the dribble, an inability to stop sustained runs, too many offensive rebounds and put-backs by the opponent, mindless turnovers and second half collapses.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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The National Weather Service predicted severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and a few tornadoes in the afternoon and evening across parts of the Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2025
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Landing on the Moon comes with numerous complications, including an often-uneven surface and the lack of an atmosphere, rendering parachutes useless.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
18 Mar. 2025
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This was quite the useless promo, and much of what Rollins said could have been saved for SmackDown.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Unhelpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhelpful. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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