self-sabotage

English

Alternative forms

• self sabotage, selfsabotage

Etymology

From self- +‎ sabotage.

Noun

self-sabotage (uncountable)

1. The sabotaging, whether consciously or subconsciously, of oneself.

Verb

self-sabotage (third-person singular simple present self-sabotages, present participle self-sabotaging, simple past and past participle self-sabotaged)

1. (transitive) To sabotage oneself or one's own plans.
   • 2011, Greg Bennett, Self Sabotage:

     Before we even get started trying to explain this complicated concept of why we self-sabotage our own success, please understand that I am at best an “armchair doctor”.