Sentences with phrase «is less than helpful»

because I usually share them with my HD and he is less than helpful keeping it picked up.

They redirect to their on the web support URL which is less than helpful.

And when you have an HR gal who is less than helpful?

This, as David Canton points out coincidentally in a post today, is less than helpful, failing to tell us when that authority in fact exists.

It means that you are left relying on the somewhat questionable AI, which at times is less than helpful.

Customers find if they are struggling to make their monthly payments, the company they are borrowing from is less than helpful.

Third, whenever you create a large bureaucracy, it will find something to do, even if that something is less than helpful.

Yeah, I understand the frustration, but booing during a playoff game is less than helpful to the struggling home team.

So no, your circular, self - serving logic is less than helpful in addressing the activities that are the subject of this article.

Even though some questions can indeed, and perhaps should, be answered with a clear yes or no, in the field of ethics one comes across gray areas where clear - cut answers are less than helpful.

Long story short, the administration was less than helpful, and that's being polite.

During the 2005 general election, his role was «kept out of the picture» for fear that his contribution would be less than helpful.

«I don't think anyone should be surprised at primary challenges in GOP Senate races, especially against those senators that have appeared to be less than helpful to the Trump agenda.

Though the new label is more specific and offers some additional information, it still may be less than helpful for consumers.

Unfortunately, many of the books on how to have a successful marriage are less than helpful to Latter - day Saints.

The swirly camouflage, and the pre-production headlamps and taillights mounted on this prototype are less than helpful when it comes to identifying the vehicle's design language.

While POD vendors are fantastic, sometimes their upload systems are less than helpful.

I know a few people who have made use of the feature and found it really useful for getting started especially in cases where store salespeople were less than helpful.

According to the forum thread, Asus representatives have been less than helpful in diagnosing the problem so far, telling at least one individual to turn on Wi - Fi to assist the GPS reading, but the company has indirectly acknowledged the issue by removing «GPS» from the Transformer Prime specifications page at its US website.

Even the online versions of those newspaper classifieds are less than helpful.

The problem is, I attended between mid 2006 and the end of 2007... and all of these loans were private loans through Sallie Mae (now Navient)- that borrower has been less than helpful.

Try to transfer money back to your IRA from L.C. — took 2 + months they were less than helpful and refused to help or give any info to company receiving funds - they just rejected with no reason.

My experience with the hostel so far had been positive, but the staff at this one were less than helpful.

It could make a difference to the person furnishing the data if he believed the request was motivated by a desire to hurt him, and beyond doing what was legally required he might be less than helpful.

The Times reports on its front page that a Bengtsson paper was rejected for being less than helpful to the cause — with obvious climategate echoes.

Even the online versions of those newspaper classifieds are less than helpful.

My telephone company has been less than helpful which may be due to lack of training or they just don't want to tell me the truth.

My ISP has been less than helpful for the same reasons as above.

Palm tech (since the writing of this article) has had some issues and support has been less than helpful again.

Not exact matches

The biggest change to the Mac's operating system in the last few years was the integration of the Siri virtual assistant — which is still less helpful than Microsoft's own Cortana.

In a time when Americans are working more than ever before and taking less time off, it's helpful to see how the U.S. arrived at its «standard» workday.

Part of what makes the Google Home Mini and the Amazon Echo Dot so successful — besides their size and price point — is that they're no less powerful or helpful than their larger counterparts.

At the margin this is helpful, but this is going to be less impactful» than the first and second rounds of quantitative easing, he said.

Obviously, such groups can be less - than - helpful when they divide everyone up by age group and marital status, but I've also seen them represent what is most powerful about church as members become deeply invested in one another's lives.

I should say that in public conversation today I do not think the word «myth» is usable, and it was probably less than helpful fifty years ago.

And Scripture, as it turns out, is less helpful than we would like.

What I have learned is about nurturing true self in order to be free to encounter love for God and others as yourself and escaping the clutches of a false sense of self from social influences and less than helpful personal choices.

There are better ways to do this; indeed, the use of Mill and Rawls in Just Work, however understandable from a professor for whom they are undoubtedly staple items, is often less helpful than moments when Muirhead moves farther from the center of his discipline.

They are mistaken, and this renders them less than helpful to the country at a crucial time.

This was, if anything, even farther from the truth about the special problem of the modern middle - class American woman than the Freudian - type psychologizing, and even less helpful in offering her an understanding of it.

If Nadler is less than completely helpful as a guide to Spinoza's rhetorical strategy, he provides a very useful analysis of Spinoza's relationship to subsequent tendencies in the Jewish world with which his name is often identified.

Again, some middle axioms, statements that are less than fundamental principles but more than day - by - day strategies, may prove helpful as guidelines in considering what actions to take in response to the problem of media violence:

Lactation consultants are a less - known force in the medical world, but they may be even more helpful than the local pediatric clinic or OB / GYN.

When you are feeling overwhelmed and fear you might resort to less - than - helpful ways to communicate your frustration, finding a way to stay calm is key.

I'm glad there are all of the helpful moms out there that show us that we CAN do it and in less than 15 minutes!

The trained parent facilitator usually has a topic to discuss (which I've yet to find less than extremely helpful), but she's always open to any issues we want to discuss.

For a first baby, some practitioners have told us that a helpful way of remembering what to do is «311»: After conferring with your doctor or midwife, consider delaying your trip to the hospital until your contractions are less than 3 minutes apart, last for 1 minute, and have been like this for 1 hour.

Ooh, this is helpful — this will be me in less than 4 months!

There is helpful counseling, and there is... less than helpful counseling.

Jo was less than enthusiastic about these fact - finding trips and usually spent her time emptying the towel cabinet, as opposed to getting helpful pointers from Mommy.