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improductive

improductive is the misconstruction of unproductive.

Meaning of unproductive

Adjective

unproductive (comparative more unproductive, superlative most unproductive)

  1. Not productive; useless; fruitless.
    • Juggling is an amusing pastime, but generally unproductive.
  2. (mechanisms of word formation, etc) No longer used to produce new words (see examples).

Forms of improductive

comparativemore improductive
superlativemost improductive

Origin of improductive

From im- + productive.

Words formed from improductive

Questions about improductive

What is improductive the misconstruction of?
Improductive is the misconstruction of unproductive.

Words near improductive in the dictionary

  1. improbity
  2. improcreant
  3. improcurability
  4. improcurable
  5. improducible
  6. improductive
  7. improductively
  8. improficience
  9. improficiencies
  10. improficiency
  11. improfitability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: improductive (page history and authors); unproductive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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