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unproductive
Overview of adj unproductive
The adj unproductive has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. unproductive -- (not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries")
2. unproductive -- (not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive")
Grep of noun unproductive
unproductiveness
Antonyms of adj unproductive
2 senses of unproductive
Sense 1
unproductive (vs. productive)
productive (vs. unproductive)
=> amentiferous, amentaceous
=> arable, cultivable, cultivatable, tillable
=> bearing
=> fecund, fertile, prolific
=> fruitful, profitable
=> fur-bearing
=> nut-bearing
=> oil-bearing
=> rich
Sense 2
unproductive
INDIRECT (VIA ineffective) -> effective, effectual, efficacious
Similarity of adj unproductive
2 senses of unproductive
Sense 1
unproductive (vs. productive)
=> bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain
=> dry
=> nonproductive
Also See> sterile#1, unfertile#1, infertile#1; uncreative#1; unprofitable#1
Sense 2
unproductive
=> ineffective (vs. effective), uneffective, ineffectual
Pertainyms of adj unproductive
Attributes of adj unproductive
Domain of adj unproductive
Domain Terms of adj unproductive
Familiarity of adj unproductive
unproductive used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj unproductive
unproductive
Grep of adv unproductive
unproductively
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