Adjective: unproductive ,ún-pru'dúk-tiv
- Not producing or capable of producing
"elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"
- 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