unhelpful


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unhelpful

(ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl)
adj
not serving a useful function
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unhelpful - providing no assistanceunhelpful - providing no assistance    
uncooperative - unwilling to cooperate; "an uncooperative witness"
discouraging - depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word"
helpful - providing assistance or serving a useful function
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
neochotný
uhjælpsom
hyödytön
beskoristan
役に立たない
도움이 되지 않는
ohjälpsam
ไม่ช่วยเหลือ
không giúp ích

unhelpful

[ˈʌnˈhelpfʊl]ADJ [person] →poco servicial, pocodispuesto aayudar; [remark] →inútil; [advice] →poco útil
he didn't want to seem unhelpfulno queríaparecerpoco servicialor pocodispuesto aayudar
it is unhelpfulto pretend the problem does not existno seconsigue nadapretendiendo que elproblema noexiste
to be unhelpfulto sth/sbnoayudar a algo/algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unhelpful

[ˌʌnˈhɛlpfʊl]adj [person] →peuserviable; [advice] →inutile; [reply, criticism] →inutile
to be unhelpful to sb [person] →n'être d'aucunsecours à qn
The incident has been unhelpful to the prime minister
BUTL'incident a desservi le Premier ministre.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unhelpful

adj personnichthilfreich;advice, booknutzlos, wenighilfreich;that was veryunhelpful of youdas warwirklich keineHilfe;you are being veryunhelpfuldu bist aberwirklich keineHilfe;it isunhelpful to pretend the problem does not existeshilft nichts, so zutun, als ob dasProblemnichtexistiert;to beunhelpful to somebody/somethingkeineHilfe fürjdn/etw sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unhelpful

[ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl]adj (person) →pocodisponibile, discarsoaiuto; (remark, advice) →discarsoaiuto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unhelpful

غَيْرُ مُفِيد neochotný uhjælpsomnutzlosμη εξυπηρετικόςpoco servicial,poco útil hyödytöninutile beskoristaninutile 役に立たない 도움이 되지 않는onbehulpzaamlite hjelpsomniepomocnyimprestávelбесполезный ohjälpsam ไม่ช่วยเหลือyardımcı olmayan không giúp ích无帮助的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009


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