Synonyms for unhelpful
un·help·ful

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1. unhelpfuladjective

   providing no assistance

   Antonyms:
   steadying, helpful, reformative, accommodating, subservient, instrumental, assistive, reformatory, stabilising, laboursaving, ministrant, face-saving, right-hand, stabilizing, facilitative, implemental, adjuvant, laborsaving, facilitatory

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1. List of paraphrases for "unhelpful":

   useless, pointless, futile, unnecessary, sterile

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1. Jeremy Konyndyk:

   Right now they don’t interact very well, this is particularly unhelpful when conflicts go on and on.

2. Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan:

   I share the view that at some stage in the future that the unification would be in the best interests of the people but only when there is a majority consent of the people in Northern Ireland, we now have a situation following the referendum, where the UK is leaving the European Union. Any further referendums in Northern Ireland would cause a greater level of division than we have now and is therefore in my view particularly unhelpful.

3. Scot Reedie:

   The fact that this is being discussed as a potential sanction is not entirely unhelpful, it's a very, very serious sanction because it tends to be a pretty blunt instrument. Maybe that's required. I'm not sure. It's never been done before.

4. Jrgen Maier:

   I think the realities are setting in and I think it is time to get away fromslogans, ‘ full British Brexit ’, ‘ going into combat with Europe ’, it’s all incredibly unhelpful and what we need to do now is to getcloser with our European partners and work out what a realistic, pragmaticBrexit that works for both sides, the European Union and ourselves.

5. David Kochel:

   Mike PenceVice's the most uniquely connected to Trump of anyone in the field, in ways both helpful and unhelpful, nobody would be more affected by a Donald Trump comment than Mike PenceVice, and nobody more vulnerable to a Donald Trump run.