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Another word for unproductive

Adjective

  1. Lacking or unable to produce growing plants or crops

    2. See also:

    rich

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Another word for unproductive

Modifier

  1. Sterile

    2. See also:

    sterile

  2. Dry

    3. See also:

    empty

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Sentence Examples

  • The meeting was unproductive of good.

  • Only about 5% was unproductive soil or moorland.

  • Once again, it was an unproductive test, nine minutes in total.

  • Enough of this unproductive self-pity.

  • These are generally unproductive, and covered with stunted wood; but the lower country is fertile, and] finely clothed with the baobab, the tamarind and various valuable fruit-trees.

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