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Self-defeating

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing elements that will cause it to fail; destined not to succeed by its very nature.

    "Cutting off your nose to spite your face is self-defeating."

Adjective
  1. 1
    acting to defeat its own purpose wordnet

Etymology

From self- + defeating (present participle of defeat).

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