Definitions for self-defeating
self-de·feat·ing

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1. self-defeatingadjective

   acting to defeat its own purpose

   "it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events"

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1. self-defeatingadjective

   Something, such as a plan or action, which contains elements that will cause it to fail.

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1. self-defeating

   Self-defeating is a term used to describe actions, decisions, behaviors, or attitudes that ultimately undermine or work against one's own goals, purpose, value, or well-being. It denotes a situation where a person unknowingly creates problems or difficulties for themselves, leading to failure or harms that could have been avoided.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of self-defeating in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of self-defeating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of self-defeating in a Sentence

1. Daphne Oz:

   I think all moms are constantly juggling and are always running out of hours in the day, and our to-do lists are never checked off, and our inboxes are always overflowing, and it can feel really exhausting and self-defeating to see your to-do lists are never checked off, the reality is if you are being graded, which you are not… it’s OK if your grade fluctuates day to day. It’s OK if you’re an A mother today and a B employee and C wife and tomorrow all of those things change. I think it’s important for us to be a little bit more forgiving with ourselves and a little more forgiving with each other.

2. Neal Shearing:

   This would be a self-defeating mistake.

3. Goldman Sachs:

   We continue to view a coordinated production cut as highly unlikely and ultimately self-defeating, despite the sharp bounce in oil prices, we do not expect such a cut will occur unless global growth weakens sharply from current levels, which is not our economists' forecast.

4. Nazifullah Salarzai:

   The relationship between Dr. Ghani and Dr. Abdullah is smooth and they are on the same page when it comes to making the choices, whoever is chosen has to be accountable to the president and work with the president every day, so if there were differences over the choice of officials, the government just couldn't function, and that would be self-defeating.

5. Derek Chollet:

   The fact is that U.S. bases are an essential part of protecting American interests in Europe, Asia, Africa or the Middle East, moreover, those countries that host our troops want to be our partners, and the message he (Trump) is sending is that we dont care. This is totally self-defeating.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=self-defeating
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Self-Defeating
3. ^ ChatGPT
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