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self-sabotaging

self-sabotaging adjective: causing sabotage to oneself. Also the present participle and gerund of self-sabotage.

Adjective

self-sabotaging (comparative more self-sabotaging, superlative most self-sabotaging)

  1. Causing sabotage to oneself.
    • The opportunity to extinguish MAGAdom is so enticing that it has purged one of the most self-sabotaging inclinations in the American liberal’s coalition: the fractious adjudication of identity that can too often become a priority over winning elections.2024 July 31, Luke Winkie, “My Rousing Night at “White Dudes for Harris””, in Slate

Also used as

self-sabotaging is also the present participle and gerund of self-sabotage.

Forms of self-sabotaging

comparativemore self-sabotaging
superlativemost self-sabotaging

Questions about self-sabotaging

What does self-sabotaging mean?
Self-sabotaging means causing sabotage to oneself.
What part of speech is self-sabotaging?
Self-sabotaging is an adjective.

Words near self-sabotaging in the dictionary

  1. self-ruqyahs
  2. self-ruqyas
  3. self-sabotage
  4. self-sabotaged
  5. self-sabotages
  6. self-sabotaging
  7. self-sacrifice
  8. self-sacrificer
  9. self-sacrificers
  10. self-sacrifices
  11. self-sacrificing

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