Sentence examples for counterproductive tendency from inspiring English sources
Stone, on the other hand, has a counterproductive tendency to get infatuated with violent extremes for their own sake.
"Abdallah Higazy was totally innocent," said one of his lawyers, Jonathan S. Abady, "a victim of what many perceived to be the overzealous and counterproductive tendencies in law enforcement that became of such concern during the previous administration".
"We have been arguing for some time that single-minded and draconian fiscal policies may be counterproductive and have a tendency to backfire," said Guido Mantega, the Brazilian finance minister.
"There is this tendency to equate rape with the end of the girl's life, which sends a very counterproductive message," said Jayati Ghosh, a professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
There can be a tendency to add in extra "burdens" which seem a good idea at the time, but may be counterproductive if many trainees find themselves unable to complete their studies.
One might reasonably think this practice would be counterproductive: wouldn't prisoners rather be alone in a cell than share it with someone with criminally antisocial tendencies?
The go-to framework for regulation is usually antitrust, but if the internet has an inherent tendency for winner-takes-all consolidation then regulation by breaking up may be both a Sisyphean task and a counterproductive destruction of value.
That is really counterproductive".
"It is counterproductive.
While the natural tendency is to have team members initially spend time getting to know one another, the authors — who studied 55 teams from 15 European and American companies — say that invariably ends up being counterproductive.
