self-defeating
adjEtymology
From self- + defeating (present participle of defeat).
Definitions
Containing elements that will cause it to fail
Containing elements that will cause it to fail; destined not to succeed by its very nature.
- Cutting off your nose to spite your face is self-defeating.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for self-defeating. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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