Sentence examples for of a counterproductive from inspiring English sources
Their kind of blunt call to beefy overindulgence is muffled at Harry's, even in the steakhouse wing of the restaurant, where the digressions are fewer than in the cafe but also indicative of a counterproductive ambition.
The extended LDF is also capable of predicting the interesting phenomenon of the existence of two fluxes in opposite directions within the particle shortly after the step change (and hence the existence of a counterproductive region).
It has recently been pointed out that suboptimal rehabilitation items in the pre-phase of return-to-work entail the risk of a counterproductive effect [ 18].
Later this month a Manifesto Club report entitled The Myth of Racist Kids will argue that primary schoolchildren are being subject to a counterproductive level of anti-racist vigilance, in which childish insults are scrutinised for racism.
This failed policy has led successive American presidents to a counterproductive strategy of supporting oppressive regimes in return for oil flowing from the Middle East.
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.
He said: "While it's right that the police have the power to tackle genuine criminals, covering a complex issue with a wide-ranging PSPO could lead to people in dire need of support facing a counterproductive arrest or fine.
Against Allied wishes, he virtually scrapped, overnight, a vast panoply of controls and a counterproductive rationing regime.
Informants in IDIs and participants in group discussions mentioned a counterproductive effect of improvement of quality of services.
"Government ownership and operation of the schools is a counterproductive anachronism," Mr. Harmer wrote.
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.
