nonproductive

adj

nonproductive

adj

UK /ˌnɒn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ · US /ˌnɑn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/

Etymology From non- + productive.

1

Not productive.

After two hours of nonproductive bickering the hearing ended soon after Harry conceded "Maybe I'm too old to be on this board."1977 February 12, David Brill, “Conservative Chelsea in an Uproar Over New Bar”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 3:

Synonyms: unproductive, unyieldly
Antonyms: productive
Derived terms: nonproductive cough, nonproductive loan, nonproductively, nonproductiveness, nonproductivity

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