improductively

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adverb

unproductively

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English improductive →
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Meanings

adverbimproductively (comparative more improductively, superlative most improductively)

comparative more improductively · superlative most improductively

  1. unproductively

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Latinim-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  11. Proto-Italic*pro-
  12. Latinprō-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  15. Proto-Italic*doukō
  16. Latindūcō
  17. Latinprōdūcō
  18. Late Latinprōductīvus
  19. Englishproductive
  20. Englishimproductive
  21. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  22. Proto-Germanic*līką
  23. Englishimproductively

From improductive + -ly.

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APA

improductively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/improductively

MLA

“improductively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/improductively. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “improductively,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/improductively.

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