Dictionary Definition
counterproductive adj : tending to hinder the
achievement of a goal
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Translations
more of a hindrance than a help
- Czech: kontraproduktivní
- Finnish: haitallinen
- German: kontraproduktiv
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
baleful, baneful, barren, bootless, choking, constrictive, contrary, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, crosswise, damaging, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, disadvantageous,
disserviceable,
distressing,
effete, empty, etiolated, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, fruitless, futile, harmful, hindering, hindersome, hurtful, in the way, inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inhibiting, inhibitive, injurious, inoperative, interrupting, interruptive, invalid, lethal, malefic, malevolent, malign, malignant, mischievous, noisome, noxious, nugacious, nugatory, obstructing, obstructive, obstruent, occlusive, of no force,
ominous, pernicious, poisonous, prejudicial, repressive, restrictive, scatheful, sterile, stifling, strangling, suppressive, toxic, troublesome, unavailing, useless, vain, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent