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- Dictionaryunproductive/ʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/
adjective
- 1. not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities: "unproductive land must be reforested" Similar Opposite
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not producing goods, crops, profits, etc. in a satisfactory amount: unproductive investments / jobs / projects. Grass planted on currently unproductive land could form a useful extra income for farmers. WORKPLACE, MEETINGS. not achieving good results:
: not effective in bringing something about : not yielding results, benefits, or profits : not productive. unproductive meetings. unproductive strategies. unproductive workers. Synonyms. barren. bony. boney. dead. desolate. hardscrabble. impoverished. infertile. poor. stark. unfertile. waste. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Something that is unproductive does not produce any good results. They are well aware that much of their time and effort is unproductive. American English : unproductive / ʌnprəˈdʌktɪv /
not producing very much; not producing good results. unproductive land. a three-hour meeting that was totally unproductive. I've had a very unproductive day. opposite productive. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
Unproductive definition: not productive of (anything). See examples of UNPRODUCTIVE used in a sentence.
not producing goods, crops, profits, etc. in a satisfactory amount: unproductive investments / jobs / projects. Grass planted on currently unproductive land could form a useful extra income for farmers. WORKPLACE, MEETINGS. not achieving good results:
not producing or capable of producing. “elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries”. synonyms: uncreative. not creative. infertile, sterile, unfertile. incapable of reproducing. bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain. unproductive of success.
Define unproductive. unproductive synonyms, unproductive pronunciation, unproductive translation, English dictionary definition of unproductive. adj. 1. Not productive; idle. 2. Economics Adding nothing to exchangeable value. un′pro·duc′tive·ly adv. un′pro·duc′tive·ness n. American Heritage®...
unproductive meaning, definition, what is unproductive: not achieving very much: Learn more.
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