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Self-defeating

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Adjective

1. self-defeating

acting to defeat its own purpose

Example Sentences:
'it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Self-defeating

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adjective
(of a plan, action, etc) unable to achieve the intended result

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Self-defeating

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adjective
that defeats its own purpose or unwittingly works against itself

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Self-defeating

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adj.
Injurious to one's or its own purposes or welfare: "American officials will find it harder than ever to ward off self-defeating protectionist measures" (George R. Packard).

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