counterproductive
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Late Latin dūcō Late Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive English counterproductive From counter- + productive.
- derived from -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor
- derived from *per-der✻
- derived from contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor
- derived from *komterād Latin contrāder✻
Definitions
More of a hindrance than a help.
- It's most likely that these kinds of cuts to service frequencies, train formations, and service start and finish times would cost more in revenue than they save in cost and would therefore be counterproductive.
The neighborhood
- antonymproductive
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at counterproductive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at counterproductive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at counterproductive
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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