unhelpful

/ənˈhɛlpfʊl/
/ənˈhɛlpfʊl/
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Definitions of unhelpful
  1. adjective
    providing no assistance
    synonyms:
    uncooperative
    unwilling to cooperate
    discouraging
    depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
    unaccommodating
    offering no assistance
    unconstructive
    not constructive
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    antonyms:
    helpful
    providing assistance or serving a useful function
    accommodating, accommodative
    helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
    cooperative
    done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit
    encouraging
    giving courage or confidence or hope
    accommodating
    obliging; willing to do favors
    adjuvant
    enhancing the action of a medical treatment
    assistive
    giving assistance
    face-saving
    maintaining dignity or prestige
    facilitative
    freeing from difficulty or impediment
    facilitatory
    inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity
    implemental, instrumental, subservient
    serving or acting as a means or aid
    laborsaving, laboursaving
    designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor
    ministrant
    giving practical help to
    reformative, reformatory
    tending to reform
    right-hand
    most helpful and reliable
    stabilising, stabilizing
    causing to become stable
    steadying
    causing to become steady
    useful, utile
    being of use or service
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/ənˈhɛlpfʊl/
UK
/ənˈhɛlpfʊl/
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