1. in a way that does not provide assistance or useful information

Examples

• The customer service representative responded unhelpfully to my complaint.
• She unhelpfully suggested I figure it out myself.
• The map was unhelpfully vague about the exact location.
• He unhelpfully interrupted the meeting with irrelevant comments.
• The instructions were unhelpfully written in technical jargon.
• The witness unhelpfully claimed not to remember anything.