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unproduction

unproduction noun: lack or absence of production.

Noun

unproduction (uncountable)

  1. Lack or absence of production
    • Capital itself demands the abolition of national boundaries, involves a system of production in which what traditionally was considered reproduction or unproduction is equally a part of production itself [...]2012, A. Kiarina Kordela, Surplus
    • That such a market of carbon unproduction will ultimately have virtually no impact upon the trajectory of global carbon emissions is almost beside the point.2014, Michael Heinlein, Cordula Kropp, Judith Neumer, Futures of Modernity: Challenges for Cosmopolitical Thought and Practice

Synonyms of unproduction

Origin of unproduction

From un- (“lack of”) + production.

Questions about unproduction

What does unproduction mean?
Unproduction means lack or absence of production.
What part of speech is unproduction?
Unproduction is a noun.

Words near unproduction in the dictionary

  1. unprodigal
  2. unproduceable
  3. unproduced
  4. unproducedness
  5. unproducible
  6. unproduction
  7. unproductive
  8. unproductive time
  9. unproductive times
  10. unproductively
  11. unproductiveness

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