Sentence examples for counterproductive pressure from inspiring English sources

I believe that establishing special days – holidays – as ones laden with obligation puts a counterproductive pressure on us all.

Like the internal affairs divisions of many local law enforcement agencies, these federal units face counterproductive pressure from agency leaders, are not seen as a place for officers to build a career and have few incentives to aggressively investigate misconduct.

"As usual, the American pressure was counterproductive," he said.

He added that the government's pressure was counterproductive.

CHINESE officials like to lecture their American counterparts that, when it comes to loosening their tightly controlled currency, pressure is counterproductive.

These researchers also report, in a forthcoming paper, that saddles with a "partial cutout" — an indentation or a small opening — may be counterproductive because they increase pressure on a woman's genital area.

But the public zeal to solve the Arab-Israeli dispute has not, and even those pursuing the kind of reform agenda Mr. Bush would applaud say American pressure has been counterproductive.

"There are a lot of counterproductive measures, not only [government] pressure but also the general unpredictability of how the situation will develop.

Pushing solutions to the refugee crisis that rely on increasing the pressure on Greece is counterproductive, unrealistic and irresponsible.

This is a particular case of a more general problem: how are some counterproductive traits retained in spite of pressure of natural selection?

And that can lead people to do some very counterproductive and confused things in high-pressure situations.