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

But it’s self-defeating for Democrats to dismiss her story as sour grapes.

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In reality, clear alternatives were then available, rendering the use of nuclear weapons unnecessary and immoral as well as, given the future nuclearization of the planet, strategically self-defeating.

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And Streeting added: "Your action has also been self-defeating, because you have squandered the considerable goodwill you had with me and this government."

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The android, played by Alexander Skarsgård, is often fed up with humans and their illogical, self-defeating choices.

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The amount of handling errors from exceptionally talented players was maddening - not quite self-defeating, but a little too close for comfort.

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