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underproductive

underproductive adjective: insufficiently productive.

Adjective

underproductive (comparative more underproductive, superlative most underproductive)

  1. Insufficiently productive.
    • Doubt clouds the family itself: 70 percent of Italians between 20 and 30 still live at home, condemning the young to an extended and underproductive adolescence.2007 December 13, Ian Fisher, “In a Funk, Italy Sings an Aria of Disappointment”, in New York Times

Forms of underproductive

comparativemore underproductive
superlativemost underproductive

Origin of underproductive

From under- + productive.

Questions about underproductive

What does underproductive mean?
Underproductive means insufficiently productive.
What part of speech is underproductive?
Underproductive is an adjective.

Words near underproductive in the dictionary

  1. underproducers
  2. underproduces
  3. underproducing
  4. underproduction
  5. underproductions
  6. underproductive
  7. underproductivity
  8. underproficient
  9. underproliferation
  10. underpromise
  11. underpromise and overdeliver

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