unhelpful
/ʌnˈhɛlpfəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not providing help or assistance; not helpful.
Example Sentences
- "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"
- ""Did you know, beloved, at the last, in that intolerable heat, in that moment of supreme anguish, that he is unlistening, unhelpful as the stars, that you cried not to him?""
- "The luckier and less disabled ones manned lifts or were posted at the doors of public buildings, a uniformed and bemedalled conciergerie who were more often than not unhelpful, making the most of whatever petty authority they were invested with."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English helpful English unhelpful From un- + helpful.
Inflected Forms
more unhelpful (comparative)
most unhelpful (superlative)