Sentence examples similar to is rather unhelpful from inspiring English sources

Those ties to Crist wound up being rather unhelpful as Crist plummeted in the GOP primary polls and decided to run as an independent.

The videos were rather unhelpful in terms of the visibility of some interpersonal behaviours, and the quality of the tapes was relatively poor.

My impression is that they tend to be fobbed off, and that the doctors don't seem to be forthcoming with information… On his way up the ward a pair of relatives from another bay collar him for information about their relative's discharge tomorrow – he is rather brusque and unhelpful, as far as I can see.

Some people with mental health difficulties frame this defensively, seeing the celebrity with mental health difficulties as an "inspirational figure" who is held up as a rather unhelpful role model, an example of the way in which people with mental health difficulties can overcome their impairments and be successful.

I've been quiet on Iraq lately because it's so tempting -- but rather unhelpful -- to rant one more time about President Bush's folly in launching this war.

Similarly, we believe performance metrics at this level would be unhelpful rather than beneficial, as these would be very dependent on infrastructure, hardware and DMBS used.

I remember looking up a definition of the phrase 'unconventional hydrocarbons' a few years ago and getting the rather unhelpful '…hydrocarbons produced in a way that is not conventional…' but in fact this isn't so far from the truth.

There is no pat answer, at least none that go beyond the sound if rather unhelpful advice "Drink what you like".

Or rather, it may be literally true, but it is a rather sneering and unhelpful caricature.

Respond with facts rather than emotions (it is most unhelpful to accuse a child of being morbid).

Otherwise, it is actually "unhelpful help".