unproductive
adjective /ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/
/ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/
Word Family
- produce verb
- producer noun
- production noun
- productive adjective (≠ unproductive)
- productively adverb
- product noun
- produce noun
- 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.
Extra Examples- She returned from a rather unproductive trip to New York.
- The changes include cutting subsidies and shedding unproductive jobs.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnproductive is used with these nouns:- labour