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as in harmful
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as in impractical
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as in impolite
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Recent Examples of unhelpful
The framework of a Democratic Tea Party remains unhelpful—but something is going on inside (and, now, outside) the Democratic National Committee, which has recently been riven by threats to primary complacent incumbents (and, now, Democrats who support going to war with Iran).
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
Google Search already has lots of unhelpful advertisements, while social-media algorithms have amplified radicalizing misinformation.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025
Childhood psychiatrists blasted Kennedy’s rhetoric as unhelpful to children with mental illnesses.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 22 May 2025
The people doing this are so wildly out of line and so unhelpful to any conversation.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 12 June 2025
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
Google Search already has lots of unhelpful advertisements, while social-media algorithms have amplified radicalizing misinformation.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025
Childhood psychiatrists blasted Kennedy’s rhetoric as unhelpful to children with mental illnesses.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 22 May 2025
The people doing this are so wildly out of line and so unhelpful to any conversation.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhelpful
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One of the most common and harmful examples is the Social Security Administration phishing scam, which targets unsuspecting individuals with alarming and deceptive messages.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
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Our students and their families will suffer because of the harmful provisions in this bill.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
3 July 2025
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However, for many travelers who take only one or two flights a year, that's impractical advice.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Aside from being impractical, the new importation strategy would leave America’s drug supply vulnerable to dangerous counterfeit medicines from abroad.—
Sally C. Pipes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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Writing the most unbridled, impolite, unreasonable, pathetic rant that gives voice to unseen, unheard parts of you opens a relief valve that transfers emotional pain onto the page.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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If either of these things had been true, your staying put would still not have been impolite.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2025
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In Wednesday’s poll, Mamdani had a higher net favorability rating (40% favorable to 36% unfavorable) than the net negative ratings of Cuomo (44% to 46%) and Adams (28% to 62%).—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
9 July 2025
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The Mumsnet user then listed some recent unfavorable restaurant outings.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
6 July 2025
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On some days areas of the park were unusable for families.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Inspectors said the employee restroom was unusable.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
3 July 2025
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In fact, read any news report of a flight diversion, and chances are there's a thoughtless passenger behind it – someone who didn't want to share the overhead bin space, insisted on jamming their seat all the way back, or didn't want to wait to use the bathroom.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Depictions of suicide are not beyond the pale in horror, of course, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this execution.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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Texas and the Upper Midwest could continue to see strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and hail through the weekend.—
Taylor Ward,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
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These storms may bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall and hail.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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Towns and hamlets have been largely pulverized along the front lines and for miles beyond; even American air defenses are mostly useless, because setting them up invites an immediate Russian attack.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Apart from evidence, some of the most important testimonies in the case were also deemed useless during the investigation.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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“Unhelpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhelpful. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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