English - Turkish
Definition of self-defeating in English Turkish dictionary
- kendi kendini baltalayıcı
English - English
Definition of self-defeating in English English dictionary
- 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.
- (of an action or policy) preventing rather than achieving a desired result
- acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self-defeating
- A plan or action that is self-defeating is likely to cause problems or difficulties instead of producing useful results. Dishonesty is ultimately self-defeating. causing even more problems, or causing exactly the same problems and difficulties that you are trying to prevent or deal with
- to ignore the progress of events
- acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self-defeating to ignore the progress of events"