1. 
   self-defeating
   [adj] - acting to defeat its own purpose
   Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=self-defeating
   
   
2. 
   self-defeating
   adjective acting to defeat its own purpose; `it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events`
   Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=self-defeating
   
   

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