unhelpful

/ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl/

US pronunciation

American sound/ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl/

ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short oo vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ʌn - ˈhɛlpfʊl -> unhelpful

Myanmar meaning

အကူအညီမရသော။

Full entry

unhelpful /ʌn'helpfl / adj

ကူညီရာမရောက်သော။ make an unhelpful suggestion. unhelpfully adv

More examples

‘He was having difficulty getting through to anyone and the friends he contacted seemed unconcerned and unhelpful.’
‘I have just come off the phone following the most incredibly obstructive and unhelpful call in the history of mankind.’
‘On Saturday, having had enough of our unhelpful mobile phone operator, we decided to go shopping for a pair of new phones.’
‘Insiders worried that it could in fact be unhelpful and make it more difficult to create good syllabuses.’
‘Wishful thinking is generally understandable, even if it's unhelpful.’
‘Removing the unhelpful heat from the debate, which can all too easily become polarised, is a necessary first step.’
‘Faculties also seemed to be unhelpful despite the fact that they have a certain level of autonomy in examination procedure.’
‘Saying that just because we didn't hit targets we have failed and should be closed down is an immature and unhelpful approach.’
‘Anyone seeking clues as to the identity of these NYC-based electronicists will find their website unhelpful.’
‘Such a demand is an unhelpful confusion in the free speech debate.’
‘We do not accept involuntary ejections of speech if they are abusive or plainly unhelpful: it is not what the blog is about.’
‘My own experience with our own legal department is they have actually been quite difficult and unhelpful.’
‘My physiotherapist, GP and other doctors I saw thought this would be unhelpful, so I refused.’
‘Don't you hate it when people give you ‘helpful feedback’ of an unhelpful nature?’
‘Why did some of his answers seem to support the government in its war with the BBC, while others were actively unhelpful?’
‘That some newspapers had already had their say before the match, according to Taylor, was deeply unhelpful.’
‘The game's only detectable flaw is occasionally unhelpful camera work.’
‘They think they'll get into trouble, or become unhelpful and difficult.’
‘Of course, this was a slightly unhelpful five years after the event.’
‘He has been uncooperative, unhelpful, and particularly rude to teaching staff.’

Synonyms

uncooperative, contrary, awkward, unaccommodating, obstructive, unsupportive, not ready to give a hand, disobliging, abortive, adverse, aimless, annoying, bootless, designless, desultory, disagreeable, discourteous, drifting, empty, feckless, floundering, frivolous, fruitless, fustian, futile, goalless, good-for-nothing, groundless, haphazard, hit-or-miss, hollow, hopeless, ill-disposed, ill-natured, impractical, indiscriminate, ineffective, insignificant, irregular, irrelevant, meaningless, motiveless, needless, negative, nonsensical, not serious, nugatory, of no avail, of no use, otiose, pointless, purportless, rambling, random, rude, senseless, superficial, trivial, unamiable, unavailing, uncalled for, uncivil, uncongenial, unconstructive, undirected, unnecessary, unplanned, unpleasant, unproductive, unprofitable, unpurposed, unsuccessful, useless, vacuous, vain, wanton, worthless

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