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counter-productive

Adjective

Meaning

counter-productive (comparative more counter-productive, superlative most counter-productive)

Alternative spelling of counterproductive

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counter productive

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Examples

Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is irrelevant and counter-productive to our survival. Jacque Fresco

Though the details differ across the world, no known culture lacks some version of the time-consuming, wealth consuming, hostility provoking rituals, the anti-factual, counter-productive fantasies of religion. Richard Dawkins

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive. Neil Young

I've found that sitting around and obsessing about projects moving forward, when there's actually nothing I can do about it, at a certain point, is really counter-productive. Danny Strong

Campaigning against religion can be socially counter-productive. If teachers take the uncompromising line that God and Darwinism are irreconcilable, many young people raised in a faith-based culture will stick with their religion and be lost to science. Martin Rees

The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime. Antony Beevor

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