Unproductive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unproductive \Unproductive\
     See {productive}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unproductive


       adj 1: not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of
              high-cost or unproductive industries" [ant: {productive}]
       2: not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and
          management were unproductive"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "unproductive":
     abortive, acarpous, arid, barren, bootless, celibate, childless,
     desert, desolate, drained, dried-up, dry, exhausted, fallow,
     fruitless, gainless, gaunt, gelded, impotent, ineffective,
     ineffectual, infecund, infertile, issueless, jejune, leached,
     menopausal, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, nonprolific,
     nonremunerative, otiose, profitless, rewardless, sine prole,
     sterile, sucked dry, teemless, unavailable, unavailing,
     uncultivated, unfertile, unfruitful, unplowed, unprofitable,
     unprolific, unremunerative, unrewarding, unsown, untilled, useless,
     vain, virgin, waste, wasted, without issue