Sentence examples for eventually counterproductive from inspiring English sources

A group of American and Australian political figures and others, assembled in Washington for a conference this week, disagreed sharply on Woodrow Wilson -- the foreigners called him a flop, largely because of his rigid and eventually counterproductive idealism, while the Americans (like most historians) held him in higher esteem.

Although the AGV is equipped with a valve to reduce the occurrence of postoperative complications, the resistance to aqueous humor outflow eventually becomes counterproductive [ 26].

Seven authors show by their results that a combination of direct and indirect ties, in the form of closely knit teams linked by sparse ties is the optimal structure for generating and producing innovation [ 29, 30, 34, 35, 37, 46, 49] with evidence that increasing the number of structural holes eventually becomes counterproductive [ 34].

One particular word gets such a workout that it eventually becomes comedically counterproductive (not to mention just plain distracting, since it has to be bleeped for this broadcast).

Even as he reaches out to Cuba by easing (and, we hope, eventually lifting) the counterproductive embargo, he must press Havana on human rights and democratic reforms.

But it's not so, and eventually this method will turn counterproductive.

Further research has also revealed the outcomes of conflict on different individual aspects, the health of family life, poor performance and relationships, increase in patient care cost, imprecise and counterproductive care, and eventually an increase in turnover [ 2, 21, 26].

It was a counterproductive, panicky tactic, which eventually saw him surrender his original political base.

Maybe transportation bureaucrats will come to their senses and mandate that passengers receive, say, a full refund or, perhaps, a 150% fare refund if the plane eventually does take off, instead of imposing these draconian, counterproductive fines.

Many Chinese officials, especially in the Foreign Ministry, know their country's Korea policy is counterproductive in the long run because it will eventually lead to the nuclearization of the region and thereby the marginalization of Beijing's relative power.

However, that constant attempt to focus might actually be counterproductive, wearing away at your attention span and eventually causing you to overlook details or simply become burned out. 1. Break in the Middle of Tasks, Rather Than at a Milestone.