How to Use counterproductive in a Sentence

counterproductive

adjective

• His uncontrollable anger is very counterproductive to his attempt at saving his marriage.
• And winning 13-nil, in the grand scheme of things, can be counterproductive to the growth of the sport.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2019
• The use of a last name could even be counterproductive.
  — Maya Davis, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
• Wulfeck said many of the changes would be counterproductive.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2022
• The trouble, of course, is that Trump’s plan is not so simple to achieve — and, in fact, may be counterproductive.
  — David Goldman, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
• In fact, trying to suck the venom out of a snake bite is counterproductive.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
• The guys that are rehabbing are on their own right now, which to me seems very counterproductive here.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022
• But a campaign to change the language of disease, based on the urge to do something, could be counterproductive.
  — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2022
• But this may have been counterproductive, at least for the penguin colonies.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
• The point is, stuff is getting out and that's counterproductive.
  — Fox News, 16 May 2018
• And her presence won’t help, and could be counterproductive, in red states.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2021
• But allowing him to learn at this level as the rest of the team tries to get back on track might be counterproductive for all involved.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 11 May 2018
• Blackstock said the two-case rule is counterproductive on that front.
  — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2021
• Some argue that pulling out of Georgia would be counterproductive to the cause and harm workers.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2021
• Making changes to the terms of a relationship or to your routines can be counterproductive in the long run.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 6 June 2019
• A lot of people may see hair trimming as counterproductive when trying to gain length, but Afro hair needs to be trimmed.
  — Sheilla Mamona, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2022
• But making racers sit on their hands time and time again in a game that can be as thrilling as Onrush seems counterproductive.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 5 June 2018
• And in many ways, the tariffs that that Trump imposed on China were counterproductive.
  — CBS News, 28 July 2021
• But that came to be seen as tainted by racial bias and counterproductive because drug use is treatable.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Feb. 2022
• This is counterproductive as these complex products need a great deal of capital to cross the chasm.
  — Susan Akbarpour, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
• Adding stuff that will eat up even more of that precious resource seems counterproductive.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 July 2021
• This is just how the hackers like it and is proving to be a counterproductive decision in hindsight.
  — Edward Segal, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• Adding a stack of non-premium prospects could be counterproductive as Houston looks to turn the corner into the next phase of its rebuild.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 31 Jan. 2023
• That would be one way to get your mind off her because sitting around thinking about her is counterproductive.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2020
• Emefiele is known in Nigeria for his dogged defense of the naira, sometimes to counterproductive ends.
  — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2021
• That would be counterproductive and won’t contribute to the young person’s growth and learning.
  — Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025
• And the griping goes on, with some going so far as to speculate that the training program could even be counterproductive.
  — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 28 May 2018
• The result is constant guilt about our choices and that is counterproductive.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
• With that singular directive, a counterproductive mentality can take hold; that is, everything that cuts costs is good, and anything that adds costs is bad.
  — Seamus Smith, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
• This is ridiculous and counterproductive — not to mention a mirror image of the regrettable intimidation tactics that the GOP denounced when used by Democrats.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025