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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
Recognize the negative or unhelpful thoughts that arise.
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Luciana Paulise, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Officials said that more than 180 tips had been received, though many were determined to be unhelpful.
—Jenna Dejong
jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Has there, over the years, been a sort of reckoning over how helpful — or unhelpful — the role was in terms of people appreciating your versatility as an actor?
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
This attempt to establish a parallel government is unhelpful for the cause of peace and security and risks a de facto partition of the country.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Luciana Paulise, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Officials said that more than 180 tips had been received, though many were determined to be unhelpful.
—Jenna Dejong
jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Has there, over the years, been a sort of reckoning over how helpful — or unhelpful — the role was in terms of people appreciating your versatility as an actor?
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
This attempt to establish a parallel government is unhelpful for the cause of peace and security and risks a de facto partition of the country.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhelpful
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China has gone even further, requiring digital watermarks on synthetic media and directing platforms to swiftly remove harmful content — part of its broader strategy of centralized content control.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The jury is still out on whether emulsifiers are harmful to the gut.—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
30 May 2025
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Imagine someone championing a project others deem impractical but later becoming the pioneer of a game-changing approach.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Additionally, much of the country's housing stock is older, making retrofitting AC units both costly and impractical.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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Writing the most unbridled, impolite, unreasonable, pathetic rant that gives voice to unseen, unheard parts of you opens a relief valve that transfers emotional pain onto the page.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 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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Comparable sales for the quarter decreased 1.7% blamed on unfavorable weather earlier in the year, while pro and online sales grew.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
21 May 2025
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This compares to an unfavorable score of 65 percent, for those who disliked her, giving her a net approval rating of minus 45.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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The goal was to record commercials, but the footage was unusable because Biden was too incoherent.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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By predicting which cases require a human in the loop, an otherwise unusable genAI system will gain the trust needed to unleash it broadly.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Letting a house of that size sit untouched is an act of thoughtless extravagance.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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The Twist in The Woman in the Yard Is a New Low for Trauma Horror Horror that’s really about trauma is now the norm, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this film’s treatment of mental health.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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Potent thunderstorms across the central and eastern U.S. this week could trigger flash floods, damaging winds and possible tornadoes as California prepares for its first heat wave of the season.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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The plains in southeastern Colorado can expect damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, 2-inch hail, heavy rain and a chance for tornadoes, according to a Hazardous Weather Outlook from the weather service's Pueblo office.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
28 May 2025
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And beyond… Generalizations can be either good or bad, useful or useless.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The character who can go through walls is useless, because beyond the walls is nothing but dirt.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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“Unhelpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhelpful. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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