self-defeating

adj (of a course of action, etc) likely to achieve the opposite of what it should achieve （指步骤等）适得其反的: Punishing the demonstrators is self-defeating because it only encourages further demonstrations. 惩治示威群众可谓事与愿违, 因为这反而会激发起更多的示威游行.

self-appointed, self-assembly, self-assertion, self-assertive, self-assurance, self-assured, self-catering, self-centered, self-centred (US -centered), self-centredness (US self-centeredness), self-confessed, self-confidence, self-confident, self-conscious, self-consciously, self-consciousness, self-contained, self-containment, self-control, self-controlled, self-defence, self-denial, self-denying, self-determination, self-directed, self-discipline, self-discovery, self-dispraise, self-drive, self-educated, self-effacement, self-effacing, self-employed, self-employment, self-esteem, self-evident, self-explanatory, self-help, self-image, self-importance,