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unproductive

/ˌʌn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/

unproductive adjective: not productive; useless; fruitless.

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).

unproductive meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

unproductive in Tamil

ஆக்கவளமற்ற, உற்பத்தியில்லாத, விளைச்சலற்ற

unproductive in Urdu

بانجھ

unproductive in Malayalam

infertile, sterile, barren
ഉല്പാദനക്ഷമമല്ലാത്ത, നിർബീജ, ഉല്പാദനശക്തി ഇല്ലാത്ത, വിളവുണ്ടാകാത്ത, തരിശായ, വീഴ്
futile, fruitless, vain
ഉല്പാദനക്ഷമമല്ലാത്ത, നിർമ്മാണക്ഷമതയില്ലാത്ത, നിഷ്ഫല, ഫലഹീന, ഫലശൂന്യമായ, ഫലംകിട്ടാത്ത

unproductive in Kannada

ಹುಟ್ಟುವಳಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಬರಡು, ಫಲಿಸದ, ನಿರರ್ಥಕವಾದ, ನಿಷ್ಫಲ
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unproductive in Odia
ବାଞ୍ଝ bāñjha

Examples of unproductive in a sentence

  • Unproductive soil should be turned under to help the soil for next season.
  • As a parts-to-picker system it avoids unproductive picker travel and, thus, high personnel costs.
  • Should it be the schwerpunkt of Labor's attack or will it be an unproductive dilution of forces?

All 16 example sentences with unproductive

Synonyms of unproductive

Forms of unproductive

comparativemore unproductive
superlativemost unproductive

Origin of unproductive

From un- + productive.

Words formed from unproductive

Phrases with unproductive

Words that rhyme with unproductive

Questions about unproductive

What does unproductive mean?
Unproductive means not productive; useless; fruitless.
What is unproductive in Tamil?
Unproductive in Tamil is ஆக்கவளமற்ற, உற்பத்தியில்லாத, விளைச்சலற்ற. See Unproductive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unproductive?
Unproductive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unproductive?
Unproductive is pronounced /ˌʌn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/.

Words near unproductive in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unproductive (page history and authors); unproductive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unproductive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unproductive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unproductive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ବାଞ୍ଝ (Odia) (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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