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Adjective: unproductive  ,ún-pru'dúk-tiv
  1. Not producing or capable of producing
    "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"
     
  2. Not producing desired results
    "the talks between labour and management were unproductive"

See also: bootless [archaic], dry, fruitless, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, infertile, nonproductive, sleeveless, sterile, uncreative, uneffective, unfertile, unprofitable, vain

Antonym: productive

Encyclopedia: Unproductive