Meanings
adjectivenonproductive (not comparable)
alternative non-productive
- not comparableNot productive.
After two hours of nonproductive bickering the hearing ended soon after Harry conceded "Maybe I'm too old to be on this board."
1977 February 12, David Brill, “Conservative Chelsea in an Uproar Over New Bar”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 3Synonyms: unproductive, unyieldly
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot productive.
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adjectivenot directly productive
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-
- Proto-Italic*pro-
- Latinprō-
- Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
- Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
- Proto-Italic*doukō
- Latindūcō
- Latinprōdūcō
- Late Latinprōductīvus
- Englishproductive
- Englishnonproductive
From non- + productive.
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APA
nonproductive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonproductive
MLA
“nonproductive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonproductive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonproductive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonproductive.
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