counterproductive
Example Sentences
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Sending powerful investors packing may be the point of the bill, but it seems counterproductive.
Only four people have gone to prison for failing to pay council tax since 2020, it said, so highlighting the sanction was counterproductive when writing to those who had not been able to pay.
From BBC
That goal informs his tariff policy, however counterproductive it may be.
But others say higher oil prices are likely to crunch consumer spending, making higher rates counterproductive.
Most of the dozens of organisations and authorities consulted on the proposal -- including the prison administration -- were against the measure that many consider counterproductive.
From Barron's
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