self-defeating

This discourages vandalism because it would be self defeating as a strategy.

It isn't a self defeating war because.

He's saying austerity is a self defeating policy - yes?

Even when no crime is alleged, many chief executives exhibit a stubbornness that can seem self defeating.

He reminded the Shah that "maintenance of too much force for limited war could be self defeating economically".

It seems a little self defeating for 'graduate' jobs that require no specialised skill set.

The problem they've got, £158bn more borrowing, it's self defeating.

Any state subsidy that is fickle will be self defeating by increasing market uncertainty, business risk and therefore higher investment overheads.

A case of what works at a micro level fails to scale to the macro level and in fact is self defeating.

To deviate from a National Curriculum is self defeating.