improductive

adj

improductive

adj

Etymology From im- + productive.

1

Misconstruction, Rare Misconstruction of unproductive.

Chiefly non-native speakers' English

But, as the principal of the loan, or, if you will, the capital lent, is generally consumed in consequence of this transfer, public loans produce an improductive consumption, a destruction of capital.1816, The Monthly Magazine:

Derived terms: improductively

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