It is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Isn ` t it self-defeating to say things like that?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2006] Reference
Ultimately, these contradictions are self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Hizbullah's Identity Crisis] Reference
That strategy, of course, is tragically self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Beware of Big Ideas] Reference
KING: Wasn't that self-defeating for Countrywide, though?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2008] Reference
As noted, the first is painful and possibly self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [The Specter Of Deflation] Reference
In the end, such financial protectionism is self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Ignoring the Biggest Mistake] Reference
Simonton calls it "this self-defeating aspect of creativity.". From Wordnik.com. [The Puzzle Of Genius] Reference
To an outsider, it's obvious that passivity is self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: How to Dispel the Darkness] Reference
They may harm us by encouraging self-defeating economic policies. From Wordnik.com. [The Market’s Echo Chamber] Reference
Cutting corners is often self-defeating -- it infuriates employees. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
We could retaliate and spark a self-defeating cycle of protectionism. From Wordnik.com. [Why I'm Going To Beijing] Reference
The dilemma is how to prevent complexity from becoming self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Abolish The Irs? Dream On.] Reference
It helps you recognize and change self-defeating thoughts and behaviors. From Wordnik.com. [Think Thin To Get Thin] Reference
Some observers look at the job ahead and adopt a self-defeating pessimism. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2005] Reference
That deadline is going to become self-defeating to try to comport with it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2007] Reference
Isolationism, partial retreat and protectionism are self-defeating options. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Fear the Future] Reference
From a purely dramatic point of view, the relentless gore is self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [SO WHAT'S THE GOOD NEWS?] Reference
Mm. Sam does have a poignantly self-defeating way of putting other people down?. From Wordnik.com. [It's tight at the top of The Plonkership] Reference
It is simply time to change this self-defeating method of deciding whom to trust. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Can Obama's Appeal Move Beyond Race?] Reference
Turning a blind eye to demographic diversity, as the French do, is self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond The Veil] Reference
Dramatically, however, the relentless pileup of atrocities becomes self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Mel's Jungle Boogie] Reference
The result could be a self-defeating debate over income redistribution, not growth. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich and the Rest] Reference
In a way, though, a life filled only with high-end pampering must be self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [THE RICH DON'T TRAVEL LIKE THE REST OF US] Reference
Short expansions that had ended in self-defeating wage-price spirals have disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Inflation] Reference
Moreover, the standard advanced by some Perry opponents is paradoxically self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Aaron Zelinsky: Why Judge Walker's Sexuality Doesn't Matter] Reference
And nature is telling us that our current economic model is dangerous and self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Sachs: Making Sense of the Climate Impasse] Reference
But both are human, at times a little too cute, and susceptible to self-defeating behavior. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilot vs. The Preacher] Reference
China understands a devaluation now would be self-defeating, crippling its own Asian customers. From Wordnik.com. [How Will China Respond?] Reference
Teachers, too, should not simply assume that students 'self-defeating behaviors are inevitable. From Wordnik.com. [How to Read a Face] Reference
But when these protections try to deny unalterable economic realities, they become self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [CAPITALISM VS. DEMOCRACY] Reference
Tocqueville worried that the obsession with individuality might become self-defeating selfishness. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy In America] Reference
The next administration should therefore start by immediately lifting the self-defeating embargo on Cuba. From Wordnik.com. [How to Save Democracy] Reference
The slavish fixation on insisting that every member conform to an idealized norm could be self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Orphan] Reference
The lesson of the Great Depression and World War II for Americans was that isolationism was self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [China First] Reference
The central question for Europe is whether it can use its recovery to pare back self-defeating policies and practices. From Wordnik.com. [A New Start For Europe?] Reference
"If Megawati is left out, the presidential election will simply be a self-defeating, destabilizing exercise," says Marzuki. From Wordnik.com. [Duel Of The Shadow Puppets] Reference
I start giving free business courses, impressing upon grateful townspeople that their hatred of city types is self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [BACK TO THE STONE AGE] Reference
Mitchell Kertzman, a longtime Microsoft foe now heading software company Liberate, thinks that Gates's approach will be self-defeating. From Wordnik.com. [Microsoft's Crapshoot] Reference
Such values may seem quaint, maybe even self-defeating, to those of us who think we're special, but trust me: it gets easier with practice. From Wordnik.com. [Generation Me] Reference
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