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unhelpful
(ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl)adj
not serving a useful function
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() 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 |
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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, poco dispuesto a ayudar; [remark] → inútil; [advice] → poco útilhe 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
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] → peu serviable; [advice] → inutile; [reply, criticism] → inutileto 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.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[ʌnˈhɛlpfʊl] adj (person) → poco disponibile, di scarso aiuto; (remark, advice) → di scarso aiutoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
unhelpful
→ غَيْرُ مُفِيد neochotný uhjælpsom nutzlos μη εξυπηρετικός poco servicial, poco útil hyödytön inutile beskoristan inutile 役に立たない 도움이 되지 않는 onbehulpzaam lite hjelpsom niepomocny imprestável бесполезный ohjälpsam ไม่ช่วยเหลือ yardımcı olmayan không giúp ích 无帮助的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009