counterproductive
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Bear in mind that knowledge about your genetic risks can be counterproductive, leading to excessive worrying for years.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Both state and federal safeguards already exist to govern data use and prevent pricing coordination, making local ordinances targeting software redundant and potentially counterproductive.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Only four people have gone to prison for failing to pay council tax since 2020, it said, so highlighting the sanction was counterproductive when writing to those who had not been able to pay.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
The result, even by strictly military measures, is counterproductive.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
The reason behind all of those seemingly counterproductive features is that the typewriters of 1873 jammed if adjacent keys were struck in quick succession, so that manufacturers had to slow down typists.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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