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counterproductive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
counterproductive
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A confrontation is really going to be counterproductive for everyone.
▪ Constant correction by a teacher is often counterproductive, as the student may become afraid to speak at all.
▪ Putting very young offenders in prison can be counterproductive.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Being too available can be counterproductive.
▪ Counterpoints may therefore be counterproductive, especially if they are obscure.
▪ Is it not true that giving 17-year-olds fines does not work and sending them to prison is counterproductive?
▪ It would be counterproductive to do otherwise.
▪ This is a false and counterproductive approach; it is to true open-mindedness what glib moral relativism is to genuine tolerance.
▪ Thus replication begets replication, until the costs of these counterproductive activities finally bring the organization to a long-delayed breaking point.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
counterproductive

also counter-productive, counter productive, 1920, American English, from counter- + productive.

Wiktionary
counterproductive

a. More of a hindrance than a help.

WordNet
counterproductive

adj. tending to hinder the achievement of a goal

Wikipedia
Counterproductive

Counterproductive is anything that is more of an "obstacle" than a help in the achieving of a productive project or an objective.

  • Counterproductive norms: A situation that prevents a group, organization, or other collective entities from performing or accomplishing its originally stated function.
  • Counterproductive work behavior: Employee behavior that goes against the goals of an organization.

Usage examples of "counterproductive".

I concur with Dors and Daneel that any attempt to harm or interfere with Hari Seldon would be counterproductive.

A Marine lockdown on Jupiter Prime, after all, would be rather counterproductive.

Western nations, in particular the United States, is that misperceptions will cloud their judgment of and produce counterproductive policies toward Islam and the Middle East.

Elitism is counterproductive, it alienates you from other people, and we depend on a working relationship with many other groups like Special Branch or the security services.

Stirring up the locals with a score would be completely counterproductive, especially if she stirred them up enough to catch her with spice or dealies or whatever the kid was carrying that was making him so nervous.

And as long as we're on the subject of childish acts, how would you define someone who forgets eight years of higher education and goes native despite twenty years of arduous fieldwork that consistently proves such activities are counterproductive to good research?