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be self-defeating

adjective

Something, such as a plan or action, which contains elements that will cause it to fail.

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

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It would be self-defeating".

Still, these efficiencies can be self-defeating.

But this can be self-defeating.

And austerity may be self-defeating even in fiscal terms.

But these laws tend to be self-defeating.

But blanket antagonism toward the Brothers would be self-defeating.

So searching for freedom in that can be self-defeating.

On a real expedition, that would be self-defeating.

Wales scoring 50 and conceding 25 would be self-defeating.

The blunders may often be self-defeating, but not always.

Arrogance or even schadenfreude would be self-defeating for Berlin.

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