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Another word for unproductive

unproductive Synonyms

unproductive

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Sterile
unprolific, impotent, barren; see sterile 1, 2.
Dry
unfruitful, bare, desert; see empty 1.

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Another word for unproductive

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Lacking or unable to produce growing plants or crops:

barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful. See rich

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The meeting was unproductive of good.
Only about 5% was unproductive soil or moorland.
Enough of this unproductive self-pity.
The coastal plain comprises a sandy, unproductive belt immediately on the coast, back of which is a more fertile tertiary plain, well suited, near the higher country, to the production of sugar and cotton.
The low coral islands suffer frequently from drought; their soil is sandy and unproductive, and in some cases the natives attempt cultivation by excavating trenches and fertilizing them with vegetable and other refuse.

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