Sentence examples for if not unhelpful from inspiring English sources

This is a simplistic, if not unhelpful, way of looking at things.

Any encouragement offered to the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, who increasingly favours a broad dialogue with the Taliban, was therefore viewed by the US as premature, if not extremely unhelpful.

"It's certainly not unhelpful" to Serco, he said.

I feel a degree of experimentation is not unhelpful here.

We've all gotten such well-meaning advice, and it's not unhelpful.

Although many welcomed the move, some councils argued the figures would be unhelpful if not properly analysed.

Yet, intuitively, you understand that replaying a cringeworthy historical event repeatedly in your head is unhelpful, if not harmful.

But to present incorrect statements of fact in pieces meant to inform lawmakers and the public is unhelpful, if not harmful, to everyone.

While it's considerate of CNN to offer their expert advice in assisting teenagers currently embarking on the summer job hunt, I cannot help but take a bit of offense to this supremely unhelpful, if not altogether hurtful, article.

Although consensus between reviewers is not necessarily one of the aims of peer review, contradictory feedback about the writing is unhelpful if not accompanied by guidance from the editor.

Palin was something a bit (if not completely) different: rarely larger than life, he seemed most in his element playing befuddled accountants, unhelpful clerks and other characters not far removed from reality.