Sentence examples for to be counterproductive with from inspiring English sources

The cordon sanitaire turned out to be counterproductive with the Centre Democrats winning 77 seats in the 1994 local elections and gaining representation in almost every city where it fielded a candidate.

We consider your threat to commence an unsolicited offer and proxy contest to displace our independent Board members to be counterproductive and inconsistent with your stated objective of a friendly transaction.

That is understood to be counterproductive.

I find that tactic to be counterproductive.

Further increases in affinity are expected to be counterproductive.

More elaborate manipulation of quantiles proves to be counterproductive.

However, the efficacies of many of the current BAT-listed options are modest, difficult to regulate and in some cases they may even be counterproductive with respect to other objectives ie pollution swapping.

Abstracting from the emotional predilection of the ideologues on the issues, the above prescription would be counterproductive with respect to deficit and debt because if the economy turn into a depression, government revenues would shrink causing a rise in deficit/debt.

Supplementary information on the organic production methods, in addition to the mandatory labelling requirements, increased the preferences of professionals and wine tourists, and was counterproductive with the general tourists.

"The current policy has a real risk of being counterproductive with alienation being fermented as a result," MCB assistant secretary general Miqdaad Versi told the Guardian.

One problem in dealing with these gangs, Mr. Klein said, is that they come in several forms, and what works with one type of gang is counterproductive with others.