See counterproductive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kontraproduktiven",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "контрапродуктивен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "kontrproduktywny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "przeciwskuteczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "contraprodutivo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "contraproductiv"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kontrproduktívnyj",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "контрпродукти́вный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "kontraproduktivan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "contraproducente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "kontraproduktiv"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "etir viḷaivukaḷaittāṉ",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "எதிர் விளைவுகளைத்தான்"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kontrproduktývnyj",
"sense": "more of a hindrance than a help",
"word": "контрпродукти́вний"
}
],
"word": "counterproductive"
}
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