do more harm than good

to be damaging rather than helpful Giving children too much freedom often does more harm than good.

Usage notes: usually said about things that are intended to be helpful but do not have a good result

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jantine	yahn-TEE-nə	Dutch
Rokus	RO-kus	Dutch
Barbara	BAHR-bər-ə (English), BAHR-brə (English), BAHR-bah-rah (German), bahr-BAH-rah (Polish)	English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian,
Gibbons	['gibənz]
Karsten	KAHR-sten (Low German)	Low German, Danish, Norwegian
Volodimeru	-	Medieval Slavic