单词	counterproductive
释义	counterproductivecoun‧ter‧pro‧duc‧tive /ˌkaʊntəprəˈdʌktɪv◂ $ -tər-/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A confrontation is really going to be counterproductive for everyone. Constant correction by a teacher is often counterproductive, as the student may become afraid to speak at all. Putting very young offenders in prison can be counterproductive. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Being too available can be counterproductive. Counterpoints may therefore be counterproductive, especially if they are obscure. Is it not true that giving 17-year-olds fines does not work and sending them to prison is counterproductive? It would be counterproductive to do otherwise. This is a false and counterproductive approach; it is to true open-mindedness what glib moral relativism is to genuine tolerance. Thus replication begets replication, until the costs of these counterproductive activities finally bring the organization to a long-delayed breaking point. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto have the opposite effect to what was intended► backfire if a plan or action backfires , it is intended to do one thing but instead does the opposite: · His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his job.backfire on: · Trying to make your partner jealous by flirting with other people can easily backfire on you. ► self-defeating an action or plan that is self-defeating is not well planned or is badly done, so that it produces the opposite effect from the one intended: · Taxing poor people to pay for hospitals is always self- defeating.· Attempts to stir up nationalistic feeling at such times are bound to be self-defeating. ► counterproductive intended to make something better, but actually making it worse: · Putting very young offenders in prison can be counterproductive.· Constant correction by a teacher is often counterproductive, as the student may become afraid to speak at all. Word family WORD FAMILYnounproduceproducerproductproductionreproductionproductivityadjectiveproductive ≠ unproductivecounterproductivereproductivereproducibleverbproducereproduceadverbproductively achieving the opposite result to the one that you want:  Sending young offenders to prison can be counterproductive.
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