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counterproductive

[kaun-ter-pruh-duhk-tiv] / ˌkaʊn tər prəˈdʌk tɪv /










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There are also psychological and behavioral reasons why incessant checking of your portfolio occurs — and why it can be counterproductive.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

A serious effort to clear away obsolete and counterproductive rules should be central to that agenda.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"If you're an athlete and you lose muscle mass, that may be very counterproductive for what you're trying to achieve," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Generative AI can synthesize and extrapolate in valuable ways, but it also can produce wrong answers or take on tasks that educators would see as inappropriate or counterproductive — such as writing papers for students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Briggs had taken Szilard’s concerns about publicity to heart but applied them in a peculiarly counterproductive way.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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