Sentence examples for counterproductive use from inspiring English sources

With so much data to sort through, it will usually be a counterproductive use of one's time to get overly attached to the results of any one particular poll.

Israel's bloody interception of the Mavi Marmara and its motley crew was crass — another example of the counterproductive use of force — but nothing about it could justify the Turkish prime minister's outrageous statement that the world now perceives "the swastika and the Star of David together".

From the point of view of the interests of the majority, it's at best a wasteful and worst a counterproductive use of resources that could be much better spent on fixing America.

White House manipulation of the EPA, his administration's counterproductive use of tax dollars to fund dirty coal projects, and his misleading "clean coal" rhetoric can all change -- and they must.

It was an act of genuine kindness, knowing, as he does, that the counterproductive use of the term "boy crisis" to describe what is clearly a problem that hurts all children, and systemically disadvantages women over their lifetimes, is enough to ensure that I cannot complete a full sentence for at least an hour.

To dwell on past mistakes, or live in fear of the future is a counterproductive use of time, and a certain way of letting uncontrollable circumstances steal your peace.

"The untransparent, unfair and counterproductive methods used against us are unacceptable," Mr. Schussel said.

But his view that it's "counterproductive" to use credit default swaps to crash an institution or a nation exhibits a certain naïveté about how the titans of finance operate now.

The obvious conclusion drawn here is that it would be counterproductive to use RRWs in conjunction with MFUR.

She also distinguished herself from the hawks in the GOP by refusing to say that the US was at war with "radical Islam," telling moderator John Dickerson that it was counterproductive to use such rhetoric when America has to rely on Muslim allies, and that the phrase was "painting with too broad a brush".

"It might be counterproductive for us to use policies which focus on privatisation and liberalisation," added Nabli.