unproductive

Speech parts

1. unproductive - Adjective

2. unproductive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

not producing desired results

not producing or capable of producing

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Phrases with the word

Examples

If I discover a manure which will enable me to make a piece of land produce 20 per cent more corn, I may withdraw at least a portion of my capital from the most unproductive part of my farm. David Ricardo

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. Fran Lebowitz

By elevating the dictum of the market to the role of the sole criterion of rationality and efficiency, economics denies even all "respectability" to the distinction between essential and non-essential consumption, between productive and unproductive labor, between actual and potential surplus. Paul A. Baran

I believe welfare makes you lazy and unproductive. Charles Evers

The U.S. and Iraq will work together next year to shift Iraqi resources from unproductive subsidies to productive uses that enable Iraqis to earn livelihoods. Zalmay Khalilzad

...where are we to look for the consumption required but among the unproductive labourers of Adam Smith?... Thomas Malthus

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