Sentence examples for from counterproductive from inspiring English sources

The authors called on the government to be more transparent in its drugs policy data, and to turn away from "counterproductive" measures in favour of a drugs policy based on current scientific evidence.

While states across the country are moving away from counterproductive and costly mandatory minimum sentencing laws, Illinois is considering adopting a new one for gun possession.

I suppose I'll just send the e-mails directly to Mary in engineering for the next two weeks to get buy-in, then he'll have to agree". 1) My lazier thinking evolved from counterproductive commiserating to reflexive systems thinking.

Since mature tRNAs must be protected from counterproductive cleavage by tRNase ZS in vivo, it is likely that the plant chloroplast protein may acquire the ability to recognize the 3'-terminal CCA sequence as the mature tRNA 3'-end via cofactors [ 61].

But they must distance themselves from a counterproductive populism and develop economic policies that really work to help the poor.

It represents a start towards a new conception of security for the 21st century and a move away from the counterproductive policies of the recent past.

The decision brought swift criticism as being counterproductive from the Bush administration and other governments.

"It is not a culturally sound policy, and it is counterproductive from a counterterrorism view," Mr. Rondos said.

On Thursday, José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, argued that talk of more stimulus spending from Europe was counterproductive.

"I'm afraid it's going to be illegal, counterproductive from an environmental perspective and contrary to our long-range interest in creating jobs, holding down costs and producing reliable energy," Mr. Segal said.

The US briefing document indicates that the Obama administration believes a focus on loss and damage will be "counterproductive from the standpoint of public support" for the UN climate talks.