ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Contraproductive

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Contraproductive is an adjective meaning (nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) Counterproductive.

Meaning

(nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) Counterproductive.

Example Sentences

Underlying all this is a thread that suggests we should strive to "cooperate" with nature, and the aggression is generally contraproductive.
And has this American any authority to give people in Germany orders? Apart from that, isn't it rather contraproductive and immature to order such things?
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
In addition to this yesterday I heard, that your new president (I am from Germany) wants to give religious groups more influence again. This will be absolutely contraproductive in case of nudism!

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include improductive, counterproductive, retrograde, underproductive, unproductive, contradictionary.

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