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Adjective: self-defeating  ,self-di'fee-ting
  1. Acting to defeat its own purpose
    "it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events"

See also: unsuccessful

Encyclopedia: Self-defeating

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self-contemplation
self-contempt
self-contradiction
self-contradictory
self-control
self-controlled
self-criticism
self-cultivation
self-deceit
self-deception
self-defeating
self-defence
self-defense
self-delusion
self-denial
self-denying
self-deprecating
self-depreciation
self-description
self-destroy
self-destruct