02335241-a 'acting to defeat its own purpose';
 
Chinese (simplified) 弄巧成拙 , 弄巧成拙+的
Inggeris self-defeating 1
Definitions
Inggeris
acting to defeat its own purpose
it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events
Japanese
自らの目的を失敗させるために行動する
Relations
Similar to: unsuccessful
Semantic Field: alla
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TempoWN: (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.055; Future: 0.000)

SentiWN: (+0.12 -0.00) MLSentiCon: (+0.38 -0.50)


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