Difference between Useless and Counterproductive

USELESS vs COUNTERPRODUCTIVE: ADJECTIVE

Synonyms Useless, Fruitless, Ineffectual, Unavailing, bootless, profitless, unprofitable, valueless, worthless, futile, abortive. Useless often implies that the cause of failure lies in the situation; as, it is useless to try to mend that clock. Useless is the only one of these words that may thus be applied by anticipation to what might be attempted. That which is fruitless, ineffectual, or unavailing actually fails, and from hindrances external to itself. Unavailing is more likely to be used the fruitless or ineffectual where the failure is through some one's unwillingness; as, unavailing prayers or petitions, ineffectual efforts, fruitless labors. Fruitless is stronger and more final than ineffectual or unavailing.
Having no use; being of no use; unserviceable; usable to no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual.

Cast off, Scrap, Waste, Unprofitable, Junked, Unavailing, Unserviceable, Discarded, Otiose, Inutile, Unhelpful, Unuseable, Ineffectual, Unusable, Futile

Inappropriate, Injurious, Ineffectual, Perverse, Disruptive, Undesirable, Inefficient, Unproductive, Useless, Futile, Pointless, Ineffective, Detrimental, Unhelpful, Harmful

Cast off, Scrap, Waste, Unprofitable, Junked, Unavailing, Unserviceable, Discarded, Otiose, Inutile, Unhelpful, Unuseable, Ineffectual, Unusable, Futile

Inappropriate, Injurious, Ineffectual, Perverse, Disruptive, Undesirable, Inefficient, Unproductive, Useless, Futile, Pointless, Ineffective, Detrimental, Unhelpful, Harmful

The principal, teachers and IT staff are useless.
It does not make you a useless idiot.
Otherwise, they risk being misunderstood and therefore useless.
TRIED CALLING MTNL CUSTOMER CARE BUT ASUSUAL USELESS.
How The Meta is Shifting; Most Useless Commander?
Program sandbags are useless without having the bodyweight!
Stop wasting your time with those useless methods.
Cut all the useless clubs, the unnecessary tables, the investments that are fun to be in but useless to the bottom line.
While the temptations to go in useless or worse than useless direction, certainly exists, there are amazing things on the internet.
If Christ was not raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your trust in God is useless.

Frustrated with behavior that seems to be counterproductive?
Very long justifications suggest weakness and become counterproductive.
FTW effective can be counterproductive to the environment.
Relationships between Status Judgments, Identification, and Counterproductive Behavior.
Russia or China seemed unnecessarily provocative and counterproductive.
In some recipes, that extra liquid is counterproductive.
Elimination of this special fund would be counterproductive.
Criminalization is also a counterproductive public health strategy.
This shows that cruel punishment has been counterproductive.
But it is counterproductive for interdisciplinary policy training.