self-destructive en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English destructive English self-destructive From self- + destructive.
Meanings
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Causing injury to oneself or harm to one's interests.
Between 1997 and 2006, ownership of Glenfeshie passed between three Danish businessmen – and with it a self-destructive business model. Only by maintaining very high numbers of livestock could the flow of fee-paying deerstalkers armed with rifles be ensured, but because of the rising cost of gamekeepers and estate upkeep, Glenfeshie’s sporting operations were still making a loss.
2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more self-destructive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most self-destructive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
self-destructively · self-destructiveness
Translations (11)
it autodistruttivo (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests) · cs sebezničující (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests) · ru самоуничтожающийся (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests) · de selbstzerstörerisch (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests) · fr autodestructeur (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests) · pl autodestrukcyjny (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests) · es autodestructivo (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests) · fi itsetuhoinen (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests) · ca autodestructiu (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests) · hsb sebje skóncowacy (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests) · ka თვითდესტრუქციული (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests)