Meaning of contraproductive | Babel Free

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Counterproductive.

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Examples

“Underlying all this is a thread that suggests we should strive to "cooperate" with nature, and the aggression is generally contraproductive.”

“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.”

“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”

“The point is not that he writes about beta-version. I can stand this. The point is, that he is writing unbelievable , often contraproductive stuff about beta-versions, meanwhile he critisizes me to play with CSTal. He calls MY matches ADVERTISING and his stuff or praising religiously: information.”

“So I think, that my point may have some value, because if Mat's memories consist mostly of sword-fighting experiences, and we assume, that they are useful in some way, they may also be contraproductive in another way. And if they have no influence alltogether, then the claim of "Unbeka", that Mat profits from them is naught.”

“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?”

“'Contact' does not mean 'forcing the horse into a frame', it means 'keeping communication open between horse and rider'. Not the rider takes the contact, that would be invasive and contraproductive, the HORSE initiates it. The rider merely accepts.”

“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!”

“But considering that the Jedi Order was alive and well for many generations, plus that Jedi aren't necessarily stupid enough to enforce their own extinction, they just won't make such a celibacy rule. It is contraproductive, and agains everything in human (and probably lots of other species') nature, plus love is an emotion that helps the light side. So why ban it?”

“I hope that Hamas and other groups can soon be convinced that their business is contraproductive to their interests.”

“Don't get me wrong. Some regulations are probably contraproductive, but they should often not removed, but just changed.”

“I think avoiding contraproductive behavior is a good guiding principle but it may be hard to determine. Sometimes one has to move out of a local maximum to find a better one but the heuristic may not always work--I cannot tell if there is water over the next hill until I make the journey.”

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