Self-defeating Definition

sĕlfdĭ-fētĭng
adjective
Injurious to one's or its own purposes or welfare.
American Heritage
That defeats its own purpose or unwittingly works against itself.
Webster's New World
Something, such as a plan or action, which contains elements that will cause it to fail.
Cutting off your nose to spite your face is self-defeating.
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Self-defeating Sentence Examples

  • Drop such that but often are or if none to uproot self-defeating.

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy-A type of psychotherapy in which people learn to recognize and change negative and self-defeating patterns of thinking and behavior.

  • Don't think about it too hard because it can be self defeating.

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