Words similar to counterproductive

Example sentences for: counterproductive

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To go on using in its former sense a word whose meaning has changed is counterproductive.
I am not sure that I should have characterized the perpetuation of obsolete or archaic meanings as “counterproductive”: perhaps “wrong,” “misleading,” “ambiguous,” or “old-fashioned” would have been closer to the mark; phrased another way, I must agree that people ought to use words in their current senses if they expect to be understood.
The resulting deposition seems legally and politically counterproductive.
Even if possible, attempts to turn back the technological clock by restricting abortion and contraception would now be counterproductive.
Madison Avenue propaganda is counterproductive.