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unhelpful [ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl] adj
not serving a useful function ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations unhelpful [ˈʌnˈhelpfʊl] ADJ [person] → poco servicial, poco dispuesto a ayudar; [remark] → inútil; [advice] → poco útil he didn't want to seem unhelpful → no quería parecer poco servicial or poco dispuesto a ayudar it is unhelpful to pretend the problem does not exist → no se consigue nada pretendiendo que el problema no existe to be unhelpful to sth/sb → no ayudar a algo/algn unhelpful [ˌʌnˈhɛlpfʊl] adj [person] → peu serviable; [advice] → inutile; [reply, criticism] → inutile to be unhelpful to sb [person] → n'être d'aucun secours à qn The incident has been unhelpful to the prime minister BUT L'incident a desservi le Premier ministre. unhelpful adj person → nicht hilfreich; advice, book → nutzlos, wenig hilfreich; that was very unhelpful of you → das war wirklich keine Hilfe; you are being very unhelpful → du bist aber wirklich keine Hilfe; it is unhelpful to pretend the problem does not exist → es hilft nichts, so zu tun, als ob das Problem nicht existiert; to be unhelpful to somebody/something → keine Hilfe für jdn/etw sein unhelpful [ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl] adj (person) → poco disponibile, di scarso aiuto; (remark, advice) → di scarso aiuto unhelpful [ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl] adj (person) → poco disponibile, di scarso aiuto; (remark, advice) → di scarso aiuto How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Three of the villagers did certainly assure us that they had seen the woman, but as they were quite unable to describe her, and quite incapable of agreeing about the exact direction in which she was proceeding when they last saw her, these three bright exceptions to the general rule of total ignorance afforded no more real assistance to us than the mass of their unhelpful and unobservant neighbours. |
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