unproductive

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unproductive - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unproductive \Unproductive\
     See productive.

unproductive - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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"

unproductive - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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