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Mrs Newburn said she did not agree with Dr Odent that men's presence was always unhelpful.

However, he added: "It was unhelpful of the government to have suggested that the vaccine would be ready by the end of this month. "

eg. She was driven from pillar to post and each person she spoke to was more unhelpful than the last.

"The possible missile launch that North Korea is talking about would be very unhelpful in moving our relationship forward, " she said.

I would get a better tape recorder and drive all over Los Angeles like an untrained, unhelpful social worker.

He said it was unhelpful for doctors to be biased against obese patients.

The check out assistant at my usual supermarket is always rude and unhelpful.

The French realise that the British are likely to be unhelpful friends if the Eurosceptical Conservatives win the election next spring.

Appearing with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the general said Iranian assistance to Iraqi insurgents is "decidedly unhelpful. "

This clash was an unhelpful distraction, given that the entire telecoms-equipment industry is suffering.

You might be in a painful stage right now, and watching people or the rain falling may seem like unhelpful, overly simplified advice.

That's an unnecessary and unhelpful route to go with that question. The reason is that it misunderstands the nature of a weakness.

The twin crises show how the two political systems have evolved in an unhelpful fashion.

Yet this seemingly benign scenario may have been unhelpful in the long run.

French officials said Tokyo's action was unhelpful and underlined the risk of a return to mutually destructive currency wars.

Donations that do not address the priority needs of victims are generally unhelpful.

The same was true when a search program was configured to be "helpful" or "unhelpful" in some search tasks participants performed.

He'll kick and scream when your suggestion turns out to be unhelpful.

He chafes at the unhelpful pressure to wed from his parents and neighbours.

'That would certainly be unhelpful to people's perceptions' of the tests' credibility, said UBS banking analyst Alastair Ryan.

"A big increase in the price of such an important part of their costs is a very unhelpful factor. "

And due to space constraints in the print editions, many dictionary definitions are so concise as to be unhelpful.

The thing about fear is is can be immobilizing and incredibly unhelpful when you need to be at your most confident.

A lower sense of stress can decrease a felt need to go to eating disorder behaviors or other unhelpful coping strategies.

Several of my posts here have centred on how our belief system can feed into unhelpful thoughts and undermine our self confidence.

Conclusion. A common language is shared between professionals and patients that may encourage unhelpful beliefs.

The character also has no last name, which is unhelpful.

Recent reversals, if sustained, would be unhelpful.

Sheer diversity makes "Eastern Europe" an unhelpful way of talking about the ex-communist countries (see article).

The long saga of sterling and Europe has also been unhelpful.

Last week at the Asia Society, she urged Pyongyang to refrain from what she called "any provocative action" and "unhelpful rhetoric" .

Classify all activities and materials you're using as either helpful, neutral or unhelpful in achieving your goal.

In the longer term Indian leaders need to break their unhelpful silence on Kashmir's prospects.

Such unhelpful politicking is merely one measure of the challenge in "getting to zero" .

To some extent, the unhelpful role of the country's intelligence agencies might also be less sinister than it appears.

They will also have found Mr Obama's overtures unhelpful in enforcing national unity, much easier when Iranians feel under external siege.

Eliminate unhelpful ones, make neutrals into positives and keep or increase the positives.

Babies as young as 6 months can distinguish between helpful and unhelpful behaviour and favour those who help others, scientists have found.

Drawing stereotypes about single people or married people is simply unhelpful.

The administrative split carries an unhelpful symbolism.

It may be the most unhelpful acquisition Q. &A. of all time, bound only to stir unease in AuthenTec's employees and customers.

Compared to access to the huge network traffic, America Online and Yahoo in the search business is also unhelpful.

Well any absence of provocative behavior or unhelpful rhetoric is a good thing in this case.

The authorities are being particularly unhelpful.

Jack: "UP IS DOWN" . Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful. Why are these things never clear?

But amid fears over global growth, even the threat of trade sanctions is unhelpful.

The other main irritant, across all three industries, was rude or unhelpful staff.

The first is to weed out unhelpful negative thoughts and the second is to plant more positive, optimistic ones.

Washington is also rewriting its domestic trade law to override an unhelpful judgment on that front from a US federal court.

When it comes to more mainstream services, staff are dour and unhelpful.

As a result, many employers limit all references to a few tediously unhelpful details such as name, job title and dates.

But this view of creativity is simply wrong, and unhelpful in a corporate setting.

But fluffy optimism is as unhelpful as Afro-pessimism.

Foreign perceptions are unhelpful in other areas too.

India described these remarks as unhelpful.

Whatever the situation, developing a reputation for being unhelpful and negative is the worst thing that can happen.

Once again, Mr Erdogan has done some unhelpful things.

The government's posture on this new trade agreement seems very unhelpful.

When our goals are blocked, we can respond in ways that are healthy and helpful, or we can react in ways that are unhealthy and unhelpful.

These books are unhelpful to me.

That doesn't mean you need to go all unhelpful-IT-department on him ( "Sorry, that is not supported" ).

Commented blocks of code are not only unhelpful but actively confusing.

But the scarcity of revenue, though unhelpful, is also a reason for action.

My neighbours are rude and unhelpful.

We tend to equate bravery and courage with being fearless, but this is both unhelpful and inaccurate.

The first man's neighbours were unhelpful.

But perhaps it, too, is unhelpful.

I don't like her unhelpful attitude.

Calling all wealthy Americans "job creators" , for example, is as unhelpful as it is ridiculous.

a user can make an unhelpful dialog box stop badgering him, even though the application mistakenly thinks it is helping.

In sum , Mr Geithner's remark is true and the issue important, but the timing was unhelpful and the focus on the exchange rate misdirected .

The thing about fear is it can be immobilizing and incredibly unhelpful when you need to be at your most confident.

The pact also includes ideas that are not just unhelpful, but also damaging.

This is remarkably unhelpful.

What really drives me crazy is your unhelpful attitude.

the information you gave me is very unhelpful.

Usually this means suggesting that all is just dandy the way it is. This is not only unhelpful but, he thinks, untrue.