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UNPRODUCTIVE

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not producing desired results

Example:

the talks between labor and management were unproductive

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ineffective; ineffectual; uneffective (not producing an intended effect)

Derivation:

unproductiveness (the quality of lacking the power to produce)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not producing or capable of producing

Example:

elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

bootless; fruitless; futile; sleeveless; vain (unproductive of success)

dry (unproductive especially of the expected results)

nonproductive (not directly productive)

Also:

uncreative (not creative)

infertile; sterile; unfertile (incapable of reproducing)

unprofitable (producing little or no profit or gain)

Antonym:

productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))

Derivation:

unproductiveness (the quality of lacking the power to produce)

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