Meaning

2 senses
  1. Not productive; useless; fruitless.

    Juggling is an amusing pastime, but generally unproductive.

    unproduktiv

    непродукти́вныйneproduktívnyj, непроизводи́тельныйneproizvodítelʹnyj

  2. No longer used to produce new words (see examples).

More definitions
  • not producing desired results
  • not producing or capable of producing

Examples

10 sentences
  1. It’s an unproductive way to use time.

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  2. The meeting ended up being futile and unproductive.

    deDie Sitzung erwies sich am Ende als vergeblich und unproduktiv.

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  3. The retired often feel that they are useless and unproductive.

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  4. I believe it would be unproductive with regard to the present recovery.

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  5. This is entirely unproductive.

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Translations

6 languages
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Deutsch
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Forms

more unproductive, most unproductive
Comparativemore unproductive Lesson
Superlativemost unproductive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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