self-defeating

[ self-di-fee-ting, self- ]

adjective

1. serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests:

   His behavior was certainly self-defeating.

self-defeating

adjective

1. (of a plan, action, etc) unable to achieve the intended result

Example Sentences

Liberal institutional diversity, I argued in my book, had become politically and morally self-defeating.

From Salon

“But they don’t know that’s self-defeating and it’s a very expensive policy.”

From BBC

It can be self-defeating, such as Twitter-addicted leftists who forget most people don't see socialism as the obvious solution to all problems.

From Salon

Jose said that would create a self-defeating pattern and urged him to reconsider.

From Los Angeles Times

And it is self-defeating in the long run.

From New York Times