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Unhelpfully is an English word with synonyms like helpfully. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Unhelpfully in a sentence

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Unhelpfully | Unhelpful

Unhelpfully meaning

In an unhelpful manner.

Synonyms of Unhelpfully

helpfully

Using Unhelpfully

  • The main meaning on this page is: In an unhelpful manner.
  • Useful related words include: helpfully.
  • In the example corpus, unhelpfully often appears in combinations such as: and unhelpfully.

Context around Unhelpfully

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

discourse 1×

Often after:

firm 1× vague 1× members 1× conflates 1× veered 1× ranged 1×

Sentence patterns with Unhelpfully

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

doctor has unhelpfully veered in 1× frequently and unhelpfully ranged well 1× public discourse unhelpfully conflates migrants 1× remarkably and unhelpfully firm with 1× tolyamory is unhelpfully vague as 1× unhelpfully members of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but its public 1× but your doctor 1× describing his friend 1× in an era 1× the labour market 1× unhelpfully members of 1×

Common sentence endings:

a modern concept 1× beyond his brief 1× militias with terrorists 1× the opposite direction 1× the unemployment rate 1× their schools rules 1×

Words around Unhelpfully

Just before it in the word index:

unhelpful 118 unheeding 4 unheeded 22 unhedged 6 unheated 23 unheard 286

Just after it in the word index:

unheralded 48 unheroic 3 unhesitating 2 unhesitatingly 5 unhhhh 2 unhidden 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Unhelpfully

  • In this selection, "unhelpfully" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, discourse, firm, vague and members stand out and add context to how "unhelpfully" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include doctor has unhelpfully veered in and frequently and unhelpfully ranged well. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "unhelpfully" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with unhelpfully

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But your doctor has unhelpfully veered in the opposite direction. (10 words)

But its public discourse unhelpfully conflates migrants with potential rebels, gold miners with opposition forces and Chadian rebels or local-defence militias with terrorists. (24 words)

The labour market is also remaining remarkably (and unhelpfully) firm, with May data showing an unexpected rise in full-time employment and a drop in the unemployment rate. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

Unhelpfully, members of Congress held hearings in the fall to harangue the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn for hours until they unwisely said that is important in determining whether a call for genocide of Jews would violate their schools’ rules. (41 words)

In an era where we talk more and more about the importance of establishing consent – in sex, relationships and so much more besides – tolyamory is unhelpfully vague as a modern concept. (31 words)

The labour market is also remaining remarkably (and unhelpfully) firm, with May data showing an unexpected rise in full-time employment and a drop in the unemployment rate. (28 words)

Example sentences (6)

The labour market is also remaining remarkably (and unhelpfully) firm, with May data showing an unexpected rise in full-time employment and a drop in the unemployment rate.

In an era where we talk more and more about the importance of establishing consent – in sex, relationships and so much more besides – tolyamory is unhelpfully vague as a modern concept.

Unhelpfully, members of Congress held hearings in the fall to harangue the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn for hours until they unwisely said that is important in determining whether a call for genocide of Jews would violate their schools’ rules.

But its public discourse unhelpfully conflates migrants with potential rebels, gold miners with opposition forces and Chadian rebels or local-defence militias with terrorists.

But your doctor has unhelpfully veered in the opposite direction.

Describing his friend since university as a "zealous and charming eccentric", Mr Cameron said that as education minister, Michael Gove "frequently and unhelpfully ranged well beyond his brief".

Common combinations with unhelpfully

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "unhelpfully" in a sentence?
An example: "The labour market is also remaining remarkably (and unhelpfully) firm, with May data showing an unexpected rise in full-time employment and a drop in the unemployment rate." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "unhelpfully" from authentic English texts.
What does "unhelpfully" mean?
Unhelpfully means: In an unhelpful manner.
What are synonyms of "unhelpfully"?
Common synonyms of "unhelpfully" include: helpfully.
How many example sentences with "unhelpfully" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "unhelpfully", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.