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is familiar enough now to be spelt as one word. It is a modern word (first recorded in 1959) which has mushroomed in use to describe any action or series of actions having the opposite of the desired effect:

Security measures will be counterproductive if they provoke resentment—Independent, 2006.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - virkende mod hensigten, med den modsatte virkning, som giver bagslag

Nederlands (Dutch)
averechts

Français (French)
adj. - contre-productif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kontraproduktiv, destruktiv

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αναποτελεσματικός, επιζήμιος

Italiano (Italian)
controproducente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - contraproducente

Русский (Russian)
нецелесообразный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - contraproducente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kontraproduktiv

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
产生不良后果的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 產生不良後果的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 의도와는 반대된, 비생산적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 逆効果の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عكس المطلوب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הפוך מן המצופה, בעל תוצאה נגדית‬

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