Sentence examples for counterproductive notion from inspiring English sources

But we can praise the police, the prosecutors, the judiciary and all the citizens who have contributed to public safety without blindly accepting the incorrect and counterproductive notion that the current misuse of stop-and-frisk is a necessary evil to be tolerated in that mission.

We must as a nation get beyond this false and counterproductive notion of "colorblindness/race-blindness" and confront head-on our past history and current realities of racism and white privilege and transcend, to use Mica Pollock's term, "colormuteness" by engaging in honest and open conversations on the impact and legacy of race relations in our country.

Such blanket restrictions based on nationality alone are counterproductive, reinforcing the notion that America is hostile to Islam in general, not just protecting itself against terrorism.

Never mind that this whole "Donald Sterling as Wicked Witch of the West" bit is counterproductive to the notion of civil rights justice for several reasons.

"There is a backlash," says Gehry, now aged 82, "against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling", that is "self-righteous" and "annoying… The notion is that it is counterproductive to social responsibility and sustainability.

Giving up this notion is difficult and may be counterproductive.

And it's wrong, the notion that feeling sorry for yourself is counterproductive.

Results do not support the notion that longer lengths of stay are counterproductive.

While such unsolicited informal support demonstrates notions of care, its inherent tension can be counterproductive.

BERMAN: I think the wars have been counterproductive in some respects — for a while they appeared to discredit the notion of liberal democracy altogether, which was dreadful.

The notion that racial inequality will simply "fix itself" is socially lazy, naive and counterproductive.