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1. counterproductive
 2. ineffective
3. contradictory
4. antithetical
5. subversive
6. adversative
7. adverse
8. hostile
9. oppugnant
10. adversarial
 11. antipathetic
12. antithet
13. conflicting
14. polemical
15. contradictional
16. contrariety
17. unintuitive
18. agonistic
19. antagonistic
20. conflictory
 21. contradictious
22. contradictive
23. contrarian
24. contrarious
25. contrary
26. controvertist
27. counterfactual
28. gainsaying
29. adversaria
30. antagonistical
 31. antagonized
32. antinomy
33. contradicted
34. contrariant
35. controversal
36. crosscurrent
37. disconfirmation
38. opposed

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