What are some opposite words for helpful?

Antonyms for helpful
ˈhɛlp fəlhelp·ful

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term helpful.

Princeton's WordNet3.8 / 4 votes

  1. helpfuladjective

    providing assistance or serving a useful function

    Antonyms:
    unconstructive, unaccommodating, unhelpful

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.7 / 3 votes

  1. helpfuladjective

    Synonyms:
    assistant, conducive, instrumental, useful, salutary

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. panned

    panned is being criticized

    Submitted by anonymous on May 19, 2021  

How to use helpful in a sentence?

  1. Paul Flores ' defense attorney:

    I don’t want to demean these volunteers, they are very helpful, they specialize in disaster, finding bodies — that’s what they’re good at and bless their hearts they’re out there helping people, but from a forensic science standpoint, you’ll hear that it’s nothing other than a clue.

  2. Mona Sarfaty:

    It's very helpful when citizens themselves understand their community is being harmed by climate change, because this makes them more likely to support the kinds of preparations and actions that organizations in their community should be taking, public health departments, hospitals and community health centers need to be involved in these actions, but so do a range of other government agencies and community organizations.

  3. Joetta Teal:

    If they could have just sent people letters and told them exactly where to go, that would have been helpful.

  4. Michelle Wolf:

    Ivanka, you’re like that birth control pill Yaz. At first, it seemed like you’d be really cool and helpful but you need to be immediately recalled.

  5. Rick Scott:

    My focus to represent my state of Florida. My focus is to make sure we win a majority back in the Senate, when I talk to the president, what we talk about is how we’re going to win the Senate. He’s very focused on making sure we get the Senate back and he’s been very helpful.

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