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1 unhelpful
unhelpful adj poco servicial / poco dispuesto a ayudartr[ʌn'helpfʊl]'ʌn'helpfəladjective <assistant/secretary> poco servicial['ʌn'helpfʊl]ADJ [person] poco servicial, poco dispuesto a ayudar; [remark] inútil; [advice] poco útilhe didn't want to seem unhelpful — no quería parecer poco servicial or poco dispuesto a ayudar
it is unhelpful to pretend the problem does not exist — no se consigue nada pretendiendo que el problema no existe
to be unhelpful to sth/sb — no ayudar a algo/algn
* * *['ʌn'helpfəl]adjective <assistant/secretary> poco servicial -
2 unhelpful
adj.poco servicial (persona); poco constructivo(a) (criticism, advice) -
3 unforthcoming
'ʌnfɔːrθ'kʌmɪŋ, ˌʌnfɔːθ'kʌmɪŋa) ( reserved) poco comunicativo, reservadowhen asked about his plans, he was very unforthcoming — se mostró muy reticente cuando le preguntaron acerca de sus planes
b) ( unhelpful) poco dispuesto a ayudar['ʌnfɔːθ'kʌmɪŋ]ADJ poco comunicativo* * *['ʌnfɔːrθ'kʌmɪŋ, ˌʌnfɔːθ'kʌmɪŋ]a) ( reserved) poco comunicativo, reservadowhen asked about his plans, he was very unforthcoming — se mostró muy reticente cuando le preguntaron acerca de sus planes
b) ( unhelpful) poco dispuesto a ayudar -
4 disobliging
tr[dɪsə'blaɪʤɪŋ]1 formal use (unhelpful) poco complaciente, desatento,-a, poco servicialadj.• poco servicial adj.['dɪsǝ'blaɪdʒɪŋ]ADJ poco servicial -
5 singularly
tr['sɪŋgjələlɪ]1 formal use extraordinariamente, excepcionalmente, singularmentesingularly ['sɪŋgjələrli] adv: singularmente'sɪŋgjələrli, 'sɪŋgjʊləliadverb (as intensifier) <attractive/inept> particularmente, singularmente['sɪŋɡjʊlǝlɪ]ADV (=extraordinarily) extraordinariamente, singularmente* * *['sɪŋgjələrli, 'sɪŋgjʊləli]adverb (as intensifier) <attractive/inept> particularmente, singularmente -
6 ayudar
ayudar ( conjugate ayudar) verbo transitivo to help; ¿te ayudo? do you need any help?; vino a ayudarme she came to help me out; ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table verbo intransitivo to help; ¿puedo ayudar en algo? can I do anything to help?
ayudar verbo transitivo to help: ¿puedes ayudarme a mover la mesa?, can you help me to move the table? ➣ Ver nota en help
' ayudar' also found in these entries: Spanish: hacer - imposible - volcarse - asistir - condición - dedicar - favorecer - mano - mucho - poco - pretender - solícito English: aid - appreciate - assist - back - desire - finger - fund - help - help out - minister - offer - ostensible - pitch in - propensity - see - short - talk down - tide over - unable - useful - wave aside - anything - do - not - patch - precious - rally - rely - sorry - unhelpful - way - well -
7 dispuesto
Del verbo disponer: ( conjugate disponer) \ \
dispuesto es: \ \el participioMultiple Entries: disponer dispuesto
disponer ( conjugate disponer) verbo transitivo 1 (frml) (establecer, ordenar) [ ley] to provide (frml), to stipulate (frml); [ rey] to decree; [general/juez] to order 2 (frml) (colocar, arreglar) to arrange, set out, lay out verbo intransitivo: dispuesto de algo ‹de tiempo/ayuda› to have sth;◊ con los recursos de que dispongo with the means available to me o at my disposaldisponerse verbo pronominal (frml) mientras se disponían a tomar el tren as they were about to catch the train; la tropa se dispuso a atacar the troops prepared to attack
dispuesto -ta adjetivo dispuesto a hacer algo prepared to do sth
disponer
I verbo transitivo
1 (colocar) to arrange, set out
2 (preparar) to prepare: lo dispuso todo para el encuentro, she prepared everything for the meeting
3 (mandar, establecer) to lay down, state: así lo dispuso en su testamento, so he stipulated in his will
II verbo intransitivo disponer de, to have at one's disposal
dispuesto,-a adjetivo
1 (preparado) ready
2 (colocado) arranged
3 (resuelto, convencido) determined: estamos dispuestos a afrontar las consecuencias, we are prepared to take the consequences
4 (voluntarioso) willing
5 (previsto, estipulado) lo enterraron según lo dispuesto en su testamento, he was buried as stipulated in his will ' dispuesto' also found in these entries: Spanish: acudir - dispuesta - preparada - preparado - cumplimiento - solícito English: amenable - disposed - game - inclined - prepared - ready - unwilling - well-disposed - willing - agreeable - go - mettle - oblige - sympathetic - unhelpful - well -
8 inútil
inútil adjetivo useless; ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: es un inútil he's useless
inútil
I adjetivo
1 (sin utilidad) useless (sin resultado) vain, pointless
2 Mil unfit (for service)
II mf fam good-for-nothing ' inútil' also found in these entries: Spanish: chisme - desperdicio - gasto - lindeza - pegote - trasto - vana - vano - cachivache - calamidad - incapaz - inservible - insistir English: breath - dead loss - dead weight - dead wood - dud - futile - gesture - good-for-nothing - helpless - lemon - render - unhelpful - unnecessary - use - useless - vain - which - white elephant - wild-goose chase - hopeless - incapable - pointless - waste -
9 servicial
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unhelpful — index detrimental, disadvantageous, inadvisable, perverse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unhelpful — 1590s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + HELPFUL (Cf. helpful). Related: Unhelpfully; unhelpfulness … Etymology dictionary
unhelpful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not helpful. DERIVATIVES unhelpfully adverb unhelpfulness noun … English terms dictionary
unhelpful — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
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unhelpful — un|help|ful [ ʌn helpfəl ] adjective 1. ) not willing or able to help: The woman was very unhelpful. 2. ) not useful: Criticism is unhelpful, to say the least. ╾ un|help|ful|ly adverb ╾ un|help|ful|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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unhelpful — un|help|ful [ʌnˈhelpfəl] adj not helping in a situation and sometimes making it worse ▪ The authorities are being particularly unhelpful. >unhelpfully adv >unhelpfulness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
unhelpful — adjective not willing or able to help in a situation and sometimes making it worse: The authorities are being particularly unhelpful. unhelpfully adverb unhelpfulness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
unhelpful — adj.; unhelpfully, adv. * * * … Universalium
unhelpful — adjective Not providing help or assistance; not helpful … Wiktionary