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unhelpfulness

unhelpfulness

1 4.3
Not giving support or advice when someone needs it
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈhɛlpfəl.nəs/
translation icon : falta de ayuda
  • This also extends to marketers, since oftentimes miscommunication or perceptions of unhelpfulness result from misaligned goals or objectives.

Examples

  • Her unhelpfulness during the meeting frustrated everyone who sought her input.

  • But that's clearly not what people have in mind on these pages, so my main point about the unhelpfulness of this concept still stands.

    Blog text (32)

  • Unhelpfulness of people or agencies (7 statements coded)

    Academic text (2016)

  • Among the social barriers that students face as they seek information are the lack of encouragement by others, confusion about their teachers' expectations, and the perceived unhelpfulness of teacher-librarians.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The five-star winner for surly unhelpfulness for me at this point was the people at one of the customer service counters at O'Hare some years ago, when there were rolling delays due to a storm front and they didn't give a rat's ass about helping anyone, much less providing any information.

    Blog text (27)

  • The unhelpfulness of my coworker made it difficult to finish the project on time.

  • The unhelpfulness of the instructions left many users confused about how to operate the device.

Synonyms

lack of support
vsunhelpfulness
9 3.7

Not enough help from people or groups

is the quality or state of not providing assistance rather than mere absence

Antonyms

helpfulness
3 2.3

Willingness to support other people

supportiveness
1 3.2

Helping and encouraging others when they need it

How Helpful

helpfulness
3 2.3
usefulness
40 1.6
unhelpfulness
1 4.3
uselessness
6 4.3

Surface Forms

unhelpfulness singular
unhelpfulnesses plural

Morphology

unhelpfulness = unhelpful (transparent) = un + help + ful + ness

The noun is a regular nominalization of the adjective 'unhelpful' by adding '-ness', yielding 'the state or quality of being not helpful'.

Etymology

Unhelpfulness breaks into parts: un- 'not', help 'to give help', -ful 'full of', and -ness 'a state'. So unhelpfulness is the 'state' of not being 'helpful'.