self-defeating
adjective/ˌself dɪˈfiːtɪŋ/
/ˌself dɪˈfiːtɪŋ/
- causing more problems and difficulties instead of solving them; not achieving what you wanted to achieve but having an opposite effect
- Paying children too much attention when they misbehave can be self-defeating.
- It becomes self-defeating to go on wrangling about tactics.
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