Contraproductive
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Counterproductive. nonstandard
"Underlying all this is a thread that suggests we should strive to "cooperate" with nature, and the aggression is generally contraproductive."
Example
More examples"Underlying all this is a thread that suggests we should strive to "cooperate" with nature, and the aggression is generally contraproductive."
Etymology
From contra- + productive. Spontaneously calqued from the users' respective native language, e.g. German kontraproduktiv, Romanian contraproductiv.
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