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adjective

US/ˌself.dɪˈfiː.tɪŋ/

UK/ˌself.dɪˈfiː.tɪŋ/

Causing the opposite of what you want, so you hurt your own goals.

In context

Staying up all night before an exam is a self-defeating habit.

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