self-defeating

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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"
self-defeating