unproductive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌʌn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive English unproductive From un- + productive.
Meanings
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Not productive; useless; fruitless.
Juggling is an amusing pastime, but generally unproductive.
- (of affixes, qualifier:mechanisms of word formation; etc; mechanisms of word formation; etc) No longer used to produce new words (see examples).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unproductive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unproductive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unproductivity · unproductive time · unproductively · unproductiveness
Synonyms
unyieldly · nonproductive · lean
Translations (29)
it improduttivo (not productive) · pl bezproduktywny (not productive) · ro nefructuos (not productive) · ro neproductiv (not productive) · mi pūeku (not productive) · pt improdutivo (not productive) · nl improductief (not productive) · ja 非生産的 (not productive) · nl onproductief (not productive) · fr improductif (not productive) · mi mūhore (not productive) · pl nieproduktywny (not productive) · ru непродукти́вный (not productive) · pdt fruchtlooss (not productive) · mi whiro (not productive) · mi pūweku (not productive) · cmn 無生產的 /无生产的 (not productive) · ca improductiu (not productive) · hu terméketlen (not productive) · hu meddő (not productive) · hu szaporátlan (not productive) · cs neproduktivní (not productive) · mi tītōhea (not productive) · ru непроизводи́тельный (not productive) · hu gyümölcstelen (not productive) · sq joprodhues (not productive) · fi tuottamaton (not productive) · hu improduktív (not productive) · de unproduktiv (not productive)