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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of counter-productive in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of counter-productive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of counter-productive in a Sentence

  1. Alexandra Phelan:

    Those restrictions would actually restrict the flow of goods and health care workers into affected countries so they are counter-productive.

  2. Juan Cantarella:

    We tried telling the government its policy is counter-productive, that $20 million in imports can generate exports of $80 million, they didn't get back to us.

  3. Mike Pompeo:

    Collective goals ... are rendered meaningless, even counter-productive as soon as one nation fails to comply.

  4. President Trump on Thursday:

    He also said it needs to be studied. Actually, it doesn't. I mean we know the answer to this one, i think everybody would know that that would be dangerous and counter-productive.

  5. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

    We are against revising these agreements, we consider it very counter productive to try to reduce to zero years of international work carried out via talks between the six major powers and Iran, we will obstruct attempts to sabotage these agreements which were enshrined in a U.N. Security Council resolution.

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