Counterproductive Definition

kountər-prə-dŭktĭv
counter-productive
adjective
Tending to hinder rather than serve one's purpose.
American Heritage
Bringing about effects or results regarded as contrary to those intended.
Webster's New World

More of a hindrance than a help.

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Origin of Counterproductive

Counterproductive Sentence Examples

  • I was annoyed at the bickering that followed as it was counterproductive to any chance of long time success.

  • It seems counterproductive to have people like that representing us.

  • Still others say fasting is counterproductive, because you're starving your body and your body's natural reaction after the fast will be to gain weight as quickly as possible.

  • Plucking and waxing may seem like more effective methods than shaving or depilatory creams when it comes to embarrassing facial hair, but the long term results can be highly counterproductive.

  • When does encouragement become pressure and so become counterproductive?

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