Examples of 'self-defeating' in a sentence
Meaning of "self-defeating"
Self-defeating (adjective) describes something that undermines or contradicts its own purpose or intended outcome
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- Containing elements that will cause it to fail; destined not to succeed by its very nature.
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You have a self-defeating personality disorder.
To take drugs will usually be self-defeating.
It is completely self-defeating to impose unachievable limits.
I am afraid that this may be self-defeating.
I consider it self-defeating to plan in terms of retreat.
The chaos and destructions are self-defeating.
Can only be self-defeating in an interdependent world.
Linkage here would be especially self-defeating.
Thoughts are often self-defeating and inaccurate.
Reality without doing anything about it is self-defeating.
I think it is a rather self-defeating approach to make.
Behaviors controlled by panic tend to be self-defeating.
It is ultimately self-defeating as a means of control.
Badly designed policies can be self-defeating.
That it would be self-defeating for us to leave now.
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The provision is futile and self-defeating.
This self-defeating attitude that benefits no one.
Such a life is often a self-defeating enterprise.
The self-defeating contradictions of austerity.
We are working together to overcome self-defeating patterns.
Compare self-defeating personality disorder.
It certainly worries me to make self-defeating mistakes.
Self-defeating humour was linked to a greater tendency to suppress anger.
These are telltale marks of self-defeating thoughts.
Overcome self-defeating beliefs that hold you back.
Musicians fought a brief self-defeating battle.
Ending this self-defeating system will then be possible.
Now this statement is completely self-defeating.
We are liberated from self-defeating beliefs and behaviors.
That type of purism is indeed self-defeating.
Thus runs the self-defeating cycle of fiscal austerity.
The alternative is ugly and self-defeating.
This was self-defeating even on its own crude terms.
Holding onto them is a self-defeating exercise.
Identify self-defeating behaviours and begin to change them.
That is an entirely self-defeating approach.
Such discrimination and double standards are eventually self-defeating.
This is essentially a self-defeating prophecy.
To deny this requires an affirmation from an existing being, so it is self-defeating.
Utopian rationalism is a self-defeating rationalism.
A self-defeating prophecy can be the result of rebellion to the prediction.
This introduces self-defeating inaccuracy.
Legally constraining this capacity would be self-defeating.
It would be self-defeating to set the bar too high.
These punitive policies are self-defeating.
Catch negative and self-defeating thoughts as they occur.
These policies are ultimately self-defeating.
The self-defeating mechanism that prevents the saving activity.
It is complementary to the self-defeating prophecy.
Examine the self-defeating beliefs that keep you stuck.
