nonproductive

Speech parts

1. nonproductive - Adjective

2. nonproductive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

not directly productive

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Synonyms

unproductive bung DRY broken bad ineffective useless idle vain arid bust sterile futile barren fruitless

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Antonyms

productive working active operating running going

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Phrases with the word

nonproductive cough nonproductive loan

Examples

I could never live a nonproductive life and I feel that I have lived a productive life as far as I want to in terms of this company that I have for so many years. Katherine Dunham

Those who work are free. There are only three categories of nonproductive people: babies, beggars, robbers. John C. Wright

nonproductive labor Source: Internet

$2.03 Billion for a nonproductive rail line. Source: Internet

Because high voltage alternating current (HVAC) distribution systems are essentially quasi-linear circuit systems subject to continuous daily variation, there is a continuous "ebb and flow" of nonproductive power. Source: Internet

If Trump loses, Congress is likely to stagger through a nonproductive lame-duck session comparable to the abbreviated session after the decisive 2008 Obama-Biden victory or the 2016 session that punted most of its leftovers to the Trump administration. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nonproducing nonproduct nonproduction nonproductive cough nonproductive loan nonproductively