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counter-productive en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Latin prōdūcō Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive English counter-productive From counter- + productive.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of counterproductive.

Forms

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most counter-productive Degree=Sup lexicographic
more counter-productive Degree=Cmp lexicographic