Sentence examples for be very counterproductive from inspiring English sources

"A public health focus on 'You can change,' or 'This is your fault,' can be very counterproductive," he said.

"This could be very counterproductive," said Guy Laforest, a political science professor at Laval University of Quebec city.

Invoking emergency powers to unilaterally buy Thomson, he said, would be "poking Congress in the eye in a way that would be very counterproductive".

Bringing in unlicensed things to experiment on people could be very counterproductive".

This would be very counterproductive to our practical collaboration, and send the wrong message to our Chinese co-workers". But the point should be made that it is more acceptable to monitor workers in China than in the West.

"I think that would be very counterproductive".

I believe that it's very counterproductive".

In the longer term they are very counterproductive; they are undermining the values of our society".

"There is a strong antijudiciary feeling that I feel is very counterproductive".

"I think it's very counterproductive what they're doing," he said.

"The fact that you're an active runner or a triathlete doesn't factor in at all, which is very counterproductive," Gubbins said.