Translation for "self-defeating" to spanish

Self-defeating

adjective

• contraproducente

Translation examples

contraproducente adjective

It was a self-defeating prophecy.
Era una profecía contraproducente.

To think otherwise would be unbearable and self-defeating.
Pensar lo contrario sería insoportable y contraproducente.

In a way, the beatings were self-defeating.
En cierto modo, las palizas eran contraproducentes en sí mismas.

However, this is usually self-defeating in the longer term.
Sin embargo, es generalmente contraproducente a largo plazo.

To demand speed would also be self-defeating;
Exigir rapidez podía ser asimismo contraproducente;

Zawahiri thought such actions pointless and self-defeating.
Zawahiri pensaba que atentados como aquellos carecían de sentido y eran contraproducentes.

Is the application of logic to the human condition in and of itself self-defeating?
¿Es contraproducente en y por sí misma la aplicación de la lógica a la condición humana?

“Sounds self-defeating,” Weinstein said. “Not in the least sexy or edgy.”
—Suena hasta contraproducente —dijo Weinstein—. No parece sexy, ni… tenso.

Dimka was beginning to suspect that aggression was self-defeating in international politics.
Dimka empezaba a sospechar que en política internacional la agresividad era contraproducente.

However, when indulged to excess it becomes self-defeating, and even worse, tedious.
Sin embargo, cuando es excesiva se vuelve contraproducente y, todavía peor, tediosa.