Sentences with phrase «less than helpful»

My little assistant was a little less than helpful, but oh so cute.

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

If you know anything about Chicago, the city is, well, less than helpful.

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

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

But while these strategies were helpful at times, progress was rarely consistent, leaving me feeling adrift and less than helpful.

Some parents have been told it is nothing more than a theory, or are offered some other less than helpful suggestions such as «have you tried talking with your ex-spouse» (as if one has not thought, tried and failed to work amicably with ones ex).

My second goal is to use those skills and a structured dialogue process to enable your family to replace less than helpful patterns of interaction with more helpful ways of communicating that will enable you to address your family's issues in a manner more likely to result in more satisfying relationships amongst all family members.

The child has little sense of worth or confidence, sees others as less than helpful, is unwilling and anxiously obedient, demonstrates angry behavior, and is unconcerned about others.

But a whole host of people's social media profiles are somewhat less than helpful.

The best way to describe MAX - Q is as a marketing push... which is admittedly less than helpful.

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

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.

Even the online versions of those newspaper classifieds are 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.

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.

In support of his persecution complex, Lennart dropped a small bomb about how a paper of his had been rejected by ERL because, according to the Times, «Research which heaped doubt on the rate of global warming was deliberately suppressed by scientists because it was «less than helpful» to their cause, it was claimed last night.»

Research which heaped doubt on the rate of global warming was deliberately suppressed by scientists because it was «less than helpful» to their cause, it was claimed last night.

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.

At MoMA PS1, it takes just one wing with thirty - two artists and nearly five times as many works, giving every chance to come to know them, despite a less than helpful wall of drawings and clippings.

The game ran beyond poor and the less than helpful experience at the then Nordic -LSB-...]

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

But on one occasion when we equipped our hero with a flaming sword to tackle a horde of flammable undead, our supporting mage kept augmenting his blade with a less than helpful ice spell — completely ruining our strategy.

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

To the contrary, both of those agencies at the time were, to be kind, less than helpful in achieving Austin's no - kill aspirations.

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.

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

Pretty much all of my calls to big banks have resulted in long wait times or a less than helpful representative on the other line.

I realise this is all somewhat less than helpful.

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

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.

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.

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

DI Stratton is being less than helpful and things come to a head with Maisie's suitor, Andrew Dene.

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.

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

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

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

«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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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