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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
Halpern is also sensitive to the fact that some medical trainees endure a level of vicarious emotional experience that is overwhelming to the students and unhelpful to patients.
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Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
While the former effort is unhelpful, the latter will be disastrous to Israel’s long-term security.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
This keeps your presence consistent while freeing you from daily distractions and unhelpful comparisons.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The timing and setting of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s statement was unhelpful, even if it was fueled by grief and righteous anger.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
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Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
While the former effort is unhelpful, the latter will be disastrous to Israel’s long-term security.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
This keeps your presence consistent while freeing you from daily distractions and unhelpful comparisons.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The timing and setting of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s statement was unhelpful, even if it was fueled by grief and righteous anger.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhelpful
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Back in August, OpenAI published an update to ChatGPT with stronger controls on the bot’s responses to certain conversational topics amid mounting concern that some users are building harmful emotional attachments to chatbots.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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This proposal, Pudelski believes, could be the most harmful for schools and educators.—
Sequoia Carrillo,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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This made real-time speech recognition impractical.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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Stanley, the spokesman for WSPA, said the refinery rules and other measures were impractical.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
10 Oct. 2025
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European allies have expressed dismay, even impolite horror, at Witkoff’s failure to grasp or recall key details of his discussions with the Kremlin.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Another drawback is that multitasking in remote meetings is sometimes perceived as inappropriate behavior, with some individuals explicitly associating it with being impolite.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Dougherty said the previous school board decided not to pursue a bond after unfavorable polling showed voters would not be in favor of a facilities bond in the 2024 election.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Oct. 2025
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The iPhone 17′s margin could also be squeezed by an unfavorable product mix and a higher bill of materials cost.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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The upper one-third of the lake could be unusable for recreation by the end of this century.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Parchment paper may become unusable after one or two uses at high temperatures.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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The movie devolves into something inexact and thoughtless, without anything distinct to recenter it.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Balloon Pant For fall and winter, styling the balloon pant will prove to be a thoughtless process—wear them with oversized knitwear, black ballet flats, or scarf coats.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
9 Oct. 2025
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The organization is also working with ranchers to establish prescribed burn associations to manage the damaging plants and is organizing community cutting days to reduce woody encroachment further.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Strong winds capable of knocking out power and damaging or uprooting trees are the biggest threat, though there’s enough spin in the atmosphere to generate isolated tornadoes that can form quickly with little advance warning.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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Miles are useless for trying to define how enormous our galaxy is.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
12 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement One Battle After Another, Eddington, and The Mastermind all comedically register white men as useless political collaborators.—
Robert Daniels,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Unhelpful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhelpful. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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