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Self-defeating   /sɛlf-dɪfˈitɪŋ/   Listen
Self-defeating

adjective
1.
Acting to defeat its own purpose.





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"Self-defeating" Quotes from Famous Books



... spirit Indued with virtue and surpassing merit, Not vain or dull or mean or keen for pelf, But splendid—as he mostly saw himself. Darville and Fall were drawn to one another, And both to Bent as to their heart's own brother; And a strange feeling grew in every breast, A self-defeating altruistic zest Which from that moment's flash composed their strife, Informed their nature and controlled their life. But when they sought the Gipsy, him they found, His dark eyes ...
— The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch • R. C. Lehmann


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