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unhelpful

/ʌnˈhɛlpfəl/

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Not providing help or assistance; not helpful. Even if you are genuinely a victim, having a victim mentality is unhelpful because it is disempowering. ― Ned Kelly, "NFL Players Are Setting A Bad Example By Teaching Black People To Encourage Victimhood", 8th of October 2017

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Closest in meaning: unconstructive, unaccommodating, uncooperative, useless, meaningless, unwelcome, unproductive, fruitless, senseless, inappropriate, ineffective, ineffectual, pointless, futile, irrelevant, needless

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adj not helpful

中文	無益 /无益 wúyì
Français	inserviable
Deutsch	unhilfreich

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@misc{unhelpful_2026,
  title = {unhelpful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unhelpful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}