unhelpfully

Examples

• All

• "There is great agitation," Roberto added unhelpfully.

  Fiction book (2000)

• "Too much Christmas cheer," Vera said unhelpfully.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I think it is an unhelpfully narrow definition of "science" to feel that these things are skirting around what should be our "real" topic.

  Blog text (23)

• (Seriously, though: this comment thread really is unhelpfully uptight.)

  Blog text (28)

• Are we starved to debate those finer points of the topic even at the expense of unhelpfully slamming it?

  Blog text (16)

• Your second paragraph above is unhelpfully opaque. Are you suggesting the static kill halted annular flow from the bottom, or via the leak path that you propose 'someplace higher up'?

  Blog text (14)

• So one takeaway for me is that, while TED may not be into censoring ideas (which was never my contention), it is, regrettably, unhelpfully skittish when it comes to keeping it real on the economy.

  Blog text (2)

• "When I asked for advice, he just looked at me unhelpfully."

• "Her response was unhelpfully curt, leaving me more confused than before."

• "The instructions were written unhelpfully, making it hard to follow the steps."

Synonyms

I

inadequately

vsunhelpfully

8 4.4

In a way that is not good enough

implies lack of assistance rather than merely a low degree

U

uselessly

vsunhelpfully

4 3.5

In a way that does not help or make any difference

implies absence of assistance rather than absolute purposelessness

P

pointlessly

vsunhelpfully

4 4.3

In a way that has no purpose or use

is about not giving assistance rather than only lacking purpose

I

ineffectively

vsunhelpfully

3 4.0

In a way that does not get the result you want

is about not providing assistance rather than failing to achieve outcomes

I

ineffectually

vsunhelpfully

1 6.3

In a way that does not get the result you want

focuses on lack of assistance or support rather than result failure

U

unsatisfactorily

vsunhelpfully

1 5.6

In a way that does not meet what is needed

concerns not assisting rather than failing specific standards

U

uninstructively

vsunhelpfully

9.6

Gives no useful information or help when speaking

is about not assisting generally rather than lacking specific instruction

U

uninformatively

vsunhelpfully

7.5

In a way that gives no helpful information

focuses on lacking general assistance rather than just missing information

Antonyms

H

helpfully

9 1.0

In a way that gives help or useful information

S

supportively

1 3.3

In a way that helps and encourages someone

How Helpful

helpfully

9 1.0

usefully

5 1.1

unhelpfully

1 3.5

uselessly

4 3.5

counterproductively

7.7

Surface Forms

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