Example Sentences

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Epner says he thinks Cohen's testimony will be long, "I think it may even be counterproductively long".

From BBC • May 13, 2024

This sounds infantilizing as hell, but it beats splitting the list counterproductively and then reaping eternal resentment.

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2022

Instead, she was tough, stubborn, gainfully employed and — like most of the women in these movies, by that point — counterproductively heartless, tolerant of whatever partnership the plot backed her into.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2019

Judged from the perspective of a viewer who holds on tight while inside a commercial airplane, Cruise’s intrepid stunts are impressive—but they’re filmed counterproductively.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 3, 2015

Unable to muster the commanding vitality of their predecessors, the priestly leadership responded ineffectively, even counterproductively.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann