Sentence examples for move is counterproductive from inspiring English sources

"This move is counterproductive for any détente".

(The American Beverage Association also argues that the move is counterproductive, but the cigarette companies used to market their product as healthful, so as long as you remember that, you know what to do with the A.B.A.'s statements).

But the moves were counterproductive, said Donald P. Hutchinson, the zoo's interim president and chief executive.

The move to slash unemployment benefits, then, is counterproductive as well as cruel; it will swell the ranks of the unemployed even as it makes their lives ever more miserable.

Government officials said such a move would be "counterproductive" and lead to massive job losses.

7.47am GMT Fears that bonus cap will push up salaries But there are concerns the move will be counterproductive.

Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian thinktank, said the move would be counterproductive.

In recent weeks, Pakistan has resisted Afghan calls for military action against "irreconcilable" members of the Taliban saying such a move would be counterproductive.

As the Bush administration prepares to announce a more aggressive policy against President Fidel Castro that could include channeling resources to dissidents, former President Jimmy Carter strongly warned today that such a move would be counterproductive.

"It is counterproductive.

This is counterproductive.