Definition of "counterproductive" []

• Tending to hinder rather than serve one's purpose: "Violation of the court order would be counterproductive” ( Philip H. Lee). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "NPR's commitment to a contrived form of journalistic objectivity may be counterproductive from the point of view of informing its audience, but there's no question that even prior to this incident Williams 'appearances on FOX went against NPR's code of ethics, which advises employees to "not express views they would not air in their role as an NPR journalist.""
• "I want to talk about beneficial outcomes and engagement, because I believe that these sort of "pay for hashtag" promotions are pointless and actually counterproductive from the perspective of the charity itself."
• "Equally self-indulgent and counterproductive is pouting on the left."