nonproductive
UK/ˌnɒn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/US/ˌnɑn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/
nonproductive adjective: not productive.
Adjective
nonproductive (not comparable)
- Not productive.
- After two hours of nonproductive bickering the hearing ended soon after Harry conceded "Maybe I'm too old to be on this board."1977 February 12, David Brill, “Conservative Chelsea in an Uproar Over New Bar”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 3
- Synonyms:
- unproductive, unyieldly
nonproductive meaning in Kannada
nonproductive in Kannada
- ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುವಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲದ, ಉಂಟುಮಾಡದ
Synonyms of nonproductive
Antonyms
Forms of nonproductive
| alternative form | non-productive |
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Origin of nonproductive
From non- + productive.
Words formed from nonproductive
- nonproductive cough
- nonproductive loan
- nonproductively
- nonproductiveness
- nonproductivity
Words that rhyme with nonproductive
Questions about nonproductive
- What does nonproductive mean?
- Nonproductive means not productive.
- What is nonproductive in Kannada?
- Nonproductive in Kannada is ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುವಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲದ, ಉಂಟುಮಾಡದ. See Nonproductive meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is nonproductive?
- Nonproductive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce nonproductive?
- Nonproductive is pronounced /ˌnɒn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ (UK).
Words near nonproductive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonproductive (page history and authors); nonproductive (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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