Synonyms for counterproductive
ˌkaʊn tər prəˈdʌk tɪvcoun·ter·pro·duc·tive

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1. counterproductiveadjective

   tending to hinder the achievement of a goal

   Antonyms:
   harmless

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1. List of paraphrases for "counterproductive":

   counter-productive, self-defeating, unproductive, harmful

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1. Scott Kahan:

   Everybody has different needs and tendencies. Constant weighing can throw some people for a loop. They get freaked out when the number goes up by a pound, and it ends up being counterproductive.

2. Mujtaba Rahman:

   The only leader that has a coherent vision is (French President Emmanuel) Macron, but he's very divisive in the way he goes about it. It's actually highly counterproductive. He wants to build consensus on these questions but the way in which he talks to other leaders actually hurts.

3. Barack Obama:

   It's counterproductive...it hurts communities that are already suffering.

4. Todd Stern:

   We obviously didn't want parties to be going back, but we also thought it would be counterproductive to have a legal bar saying 'thou shalt not go back,'.

5. President Barack Obama:

   There's no excuse for the kind of violence ... It is counterproductive, since Ferguson ... we have seen too many instances of what appears to be police officers interacting with individuals -- primarily African-American, often poor -- in ways that have raised troubling questions.