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self-defeating

[ self-di-fee-ting, self- ]

adjective

  1. serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests:

    His behavior was certainly self-defeating.



self-defeating

adjective

  1. (of a plan, action, etc) unable to achieve the intended result
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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“He is trying to communicate that he has managed to strike an awesome deal, the best deal possible. So it would be self-defeating to debunk that idea.”

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“It’s a human instinct, but it’s a self-defeating cycle. It’s absolutely better for everybody if people don’t hoard.”

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Now, I'm about as dysfunctional and self-defeating as the average adult man who occasionally enjoys life's offerings.

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“Our party has a sad — and politically self-defeating — history of alienating immigrant groups.”

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Qualley was convincing both when playing Sue’s initial vapidness as well as her growing, steely, self-defeating narcissism.

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