The phrase "appear unhelpful" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation or a person's demeanor that seems to lack assistance or support.
Example: "Despite their best intentions, the suggestions they provided appeared unhelpful in resolving the issue."
Alternatives: "seem unhelpful" or "come across as unhelpful".
You might worry about appearing unhelpful, and you're right.
If it is not explicitly suggested to a respondent that "not sure" is a valid reply to a question, he may well come up with an opinion, so as not to appear stupid or unhelpful, but this opinion may be hesitant and unconsidered, and he may change his mind about it the next day.
Authors obscuring changes in eligibility, which naturally occur during development, in order to make it appear predetermined is similarly unhelpful.
Someone has apparently furnished the commission with what appears to be unhelpful, perhaps inaccurate, information about him and – stressing the need for transparency – he has initiated proceedings in the high court to find out what it is.
While the use of cognitive reframes, distancing and humour may be adaptive, making negative appraisals during or after call-outs appears to be unhelpful for coping.
It might have been supremely unhelpful for Obama to appear to be announcing that the US had no strategy for the situation in Iraq and Syria.
Yet even they appear to think Mr Afriyie's proposal unhelpful.
The DWP's language was unhelpful and appeared to be getting worse, according to Helen Barnard, policy manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
As one woman explained: 2.1 Feeling like an outsider Some members described difficulties in terms of joining in with conversations and engaging with other members: Similarly, a lack of response to a message being posted or a response being unhelpful also appeared to contribute to feelings of being an outsider.
Terms like "manorexia" are incredibly unhelpful, and, as Thomas points out, often the statistics surrounding male anorexia appear as an, "Oh, men get this too, sometimes," after-thought. .
