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contraproductive

contraproductive adjective: counterproductive.

Adjective

contraproductive (comparative more contraproductive, superlative most contraproductive)

  1. (nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) Counterproductive.
    • Underlying all this is a thread that suggests we should strive to "cooperate" with nature, and the aggression is generally contraproductive.1984 December 19, d.skran, “Men/Hate, Women/Love.”, in net.women (Usenet), retrieved 02 May 2022
    • Fey is for the pompous, oversensitive, ultra-elite; and thus the limp-wristed faggoty, swishing, exhibishionistic gays that are in the extreme stereotype of lifestyle that is contraproductive to evolution, let alone society.1996 January 17, Warren Hall, “Disney corrupting youth again”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet), retrieved 02 May 2022

Examples of contraproductive in a sentence

  • You can convert your HardDrive to FAT32 with Partition Magic 3 or higher, but FAT32 is NOT recognized by Win95(a), so it is not only useless, but contraproductive, if you don't have Win95B1997 June 4, Andreas Heib, “Win95 revision b”, in alt.windows95 (Usenet), retrieved 02 May 2022:
  • The point is, that he is writing unbelievable , often contraproductive stuff about beta-versions, meanwhile he critisizes me to play with CSTal.1997 July 29, mclane, “Chess Analysis Software”, in rec.games.chess.computer (Usenet), retrieved 02 May 2022:
  • Apart from that, isn't it rather contraproductive and immature to order such things?1998 July 30, Ole Kreiberg, “What does this have to do with German Culture”, in soc.culture.german (Usenet), retrieved 02 May 2022:
  • Not the rider takes the contact, that would be invasive and contraproductive, the HORSE initiates it.1999 August 12, CATJA ALEXANDRA PAFORT, “My Mare's Problem & Mine (Long)”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet), retrieved 02 May 2022:

Forms of contraproductive

comparativemore contraproductive
superlativemost contraproductive

Origin of contraproductive

From contra- + productive. Spontaneously calqued from the users' respective native language, e.g. German kontraproduktiv, Romanian contraproductiv.

Questions about contraproductive

What does contraproductive mean?
Contraproductive means counterproductive.
How do you use contraproductive in a sentence?
You can convert your HardDrive to FAT32 with Partition Magic 3 or higher, but FAT32 is NOT recognized by Win95(a), so it is not only useless, but contraproductive, if you don't have Win95B
What part of speech is contraproductive?
Contraproductive is an adjective.

Words near contraproductive in the dictionary

  1. contrapositives
  2. contrapositivity
  3. contrapposti
  4. contrapposto
  5. contrappostos
  6. contraproductive
  7. contraproposal
  8. contraproposals
  9. contrapsin
  10. contrapsins
  11. contraption

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