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   Un·pro·duc·tive

   /ˌənprəˈdəktiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities: "unproductive land must be reforested" Similar sterilebarreninfertileuncultivatableunfruitfulpoorlifelessleanaridOpposite productivefruitful
   • ▪ (of an activity or period) not achieving much; not very useful: "unproductive meetings" Similar fruitlessfutilevainidleuselessworthlessvaluelesspointlessineffectiveineffectualto no effectimpotentinefficaciousunprofitableunremunerativeunrewardingrare:otioseOpposite productiveefficient

   Derivatives

   • 1. unproductively adverb
   • 2. unproductiveness noun

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   •Our time was spent unproductively.

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