self-sabotaging

adjective

Causing sabotage to oneself.

Meanings

adjectiveself-sabotaging (comparative more self-sabotaging, superlative most self-sabotaging)

comparative more self-sabotaging · superlative most self-sabotaging

  1. Causing sabotage to oneself.

    The opportunity to extinguish MAGAdom is so enticing that it has purged one of the most self-sabotaging inclinations in the American liberal’s coalition: the fractious adjudication of identity that can too often become a priority over winning elections.

    2024 July 31, Luke Winkie, “My Rousing Night at “White Dudes for Harris””, in Slate
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of self-sabotage
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APA

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Chicago

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