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Definition of counterproductive adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

counterproductive

adjective

NAmE//ˌkaʊntərprəˈdʌktɪv//

[not usually before noun]

having the opposite effect to the one that was intended Increases in taxation would be counterproductive. compare productive

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