Synonyms for counterproductive
ˌkaʊn tər prəˈdʌk tɪvcoun·ter·pro·duc·tive

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1. counterproductiveadjective

   tending to hinder the achievement of a goal

   Antonyms:
   harmless

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1. List of paraphrases for "counterproductive":

   counter-productive, self-defeating, unproductive, harmful

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1. William Taylor:

   It was counterproductive to all of what we had been trying to do. It was illogical ... It was crazy.

2. Zhiqun Zhu:

   Prime Minister Abe is very conservative and a nationalist, so this move is not very surprising, but it’s going to be counterproductive in terms of relations with China.

3. Steve Vickers:

   I am personally sympathetic to the great majority of the Hong Kong demonstrators and their motivation, but the hardcore elements and agitators involved are becoming increasingly desperate, their actions are counterproductive to many Hong Kong peoplesgenuine democratic aspirations.

4. Vladimir Putin:

   I would like to confirm that we are categorically against the expansion of the club of nuclear states, including through the Korean Peninsula, we are against it and consider it counterproductive, damaging, dangerous.

5. Nikolay Mladenov:

   For Iraq to move forward, it is crucial that this fragile process of inclusion also expands to the political sphere, an exclusively military solution to the problem of (Islamic State) is impossible, indeed it would be counterproductive.