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单词 unhelpful
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Definition of unhelpful in English:

unhelpful

adjectiveʌnˈhɛlpf(ə)lʌnˈhɛlpfʊlˌənˈhɛlpfəl
  • Not helpful.

    无帮助的;无用的

    several complained that the staff were unhelpful

    好几个人抱怨员工不帮助人。

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

Derivatives

  • unhelpfully

    无帮助的;无用的

  • adverbʌnˈhɛlpfʊliʌnˈhɛlpf(ə)liˌənˈhɛlpfəli
    • It is, as a friend unhelpfully told me when I was about to direct it, ‘so good not even a director could mess it up’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He's pulled to his feet and stands vacantly and unhelpfully behind the coffin as it seesaws up the steps, carried by the royal family, in a confusion of priests and cameramen.
      • The fee has brought its own pressure to bear on a quiet young man already - perhaps unhelpfully - described as a superstar by his international manager.
      • Faulkner, on the other hand, was unhelpfully obscure.
      • The Minnesota Statute providing for vacancies in Senate seats unhelpfully defines ‘vacancy’ to mean ‘vacancy.’
  • unhelpfulness

    无帮助的;无用的

  • nounʌnˈhɛlpfʊlnəsʌnˈhɛlpf(ə)lnəsˌənˈhɛlpfəlnəs
    • So I shall set out on another long drive today, and while I drive I shall ponder the general unhelpfulness of inanimate things.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We've all faced it: red tape, small print, bureaucratic bungling or sheer unhelpfulness that can make doing even the simplest task a nightmare.
      • But the present analysis of lawsuits and prosecutions involving illegitimacy suggests both the considerable resilience of popular culture and the unhelpfulness of simple dichotomies between popular and elite culture.
      • It is a mindset which appears to delight in unhelpfulness.
      • Instead of helping me, he became offended and childish in his unhelpfulness.

Definition of unhelpful in US English:

unhelpful

adjectiveˌənˈhelpfəlˌənˈhɛlpfəl
  • Not helpful.

    无帮助的;无用的

    several complained that the staff were unhelpful

    好几个人抱怨员工不帮助人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anyone seeking clues as to the identity of these NYC-based electronicists will find their website unhelpful.
    • Saying that just because we didn't hit targets we have failed and should be closed down is an immature and unhelpful approach.
    • 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.
    • Why did some of his answers seem to support the government in its war with the BBC, while others were actively unhelpful?
    • He has been uncooperative, unhelpful, and particularly rude to teaching staff.
    • We do not accept involuntary ejections of speech if they are abusive or plainly unhelpful: it is not what the blog is about.
    • On Saturday, having had enough of our unhelpful mobile phone operator, we decided to go shopping for a pair of new phones.
    • Such a demand is an unhelpful confusion in the free speech debate.
    • That some newspapers had already had their say before the match, according to Taylor, was deeply 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?
    • Of course, this was a slightly unhelpful five years after the event.
    • They think they'll get into trouble, or become unhelpful and difficult.
    • My own experience with our own legal department is they have actually been quite difficult and unhelpful.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • The game's only detectable flaw is occasionally unhelpful camera work.
    Synonyms
    awkward, contrary, difficult, unreasonable, uncooperative, obstructive, disobliging, unaccommodating, troublesome, tiresome, annoying, vexatious, obstreperous, disobedient, unmanageable, uncontrollable, recalcitrant, refractory, rebellious
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