Definition of unproductive in English:

unproductive

adjective ʌnprəˈdʌktɪvˌənprəˈdəktɪv

1Not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.
生产不多的；不能多生产的；不丰饶的
unproductive land must be reforested
贫瘠土地必须再植林。
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, the unproductive vast amount of agricultural set-aside land could be used to grow oil-seed rape to feed all types of engines.
- Logging concessions are stimulated by the wrong incentives: it is more lucrative to clear forestland for plantations than to plant on open and unproductive land.
- There are areas on which there are tracts of land which are quite unproductive and which could easily be acquired for plantation with suitable trees.
- Some government planners anticipate a policy that encourages people to vacate marginal or unproductive land, with the possible end of food assistance as one inducement to relocation.
- Since 1985 hundreds of thousands of peasants have taken it upon themselves to carry out land reform by occupying unproductive land.
- I am particularly concerned with the new costs associated with road enclosure permits, especially when these areas of land are often unproductive.
- They occupied the land and the New Zealand Government allocated only some rather unproductive land to the Moriori.
- The American military initially found the South as a convenient locale of large amounts of unproductive land that could be converted into training facilities.
- Farmers simply saw the marsh as unproductive land that could be used for grazing animals.
Synonyms
sterile, barren, infertile, uncultivatable, unfruitful, poor, lifeless, lean, arid
1. 1.1 (of an activity or period) not achieving much; not very useful.
  （行动，时期）成果不多的；无用的
  unproductive meetings
  徒劳的会议。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When a research program is unproductive for a long period it suggests that something may be wrong with the questions being asked or the methods being used.
  Completely wasted my entire day in unproductive activity and left the blasted cluster room hours later seething with frustration and disgust.
  Our tax systems need to encourage voluntary compliance, provide efficient service to the taxpayers, eliminate unproductive work and enhance efficiency.
  What could be a nicer way to spend an idle day - and being career leftists, it is safe to assume most of their days are unproductive - than preening and posturing in the dock while reporters take down their every egomaniacal word?
  He went on to explain that the previous bubble was caused by borrowing low-cost capital for investment in unproductive activities, particularly for speculative purposes.
  These have been some really unproductive years for me.
  You rarely waste energies on unproductive activities.
  It is high time the Government worked out an appropriate strategy to divert such investment from unproductive ventures like shebeens to more productive areas.
  It seems somewhat bizarre but when I really think about it, not unusual from Labour - that it would want us to encourage unproductive activity but discourage productive activity.
  However, the process was unproductive and Avril was not satisfied with the songs because they did not feel right.
  We get to the office full of high resolve, only to watch the minutes and hours dribble away in unproductive activity.
  There is also evidence of departure from the traditional approach to job design and the attempted elimination of unproductive activities from job specifications.
  In fact all Mayo could manage while assisted by the wind in the second half was three points, the third one by Cora Staunton in the 55th minute to end an unproductive period of fourteen minutes.
  We don't need to account for money/time lost on other unproductive activities - we are only monitoring spam's impact.
  Taxpayer's money must be spent in the best interest of the citizens in order to satisfy their basic needs, and not on unproductive projects.
  Or, more often, we go about each in an unproductive way.
  India faced some hurdles - low PC penetration, the possibility of piracy and the general perception of games as an unproductive activity.
  Our foreign policy in this regard is very clear and we wonder why some rich nations decide to waste their huge resources on unproductive ventures.
  And the unproductive periods do seem to correlate somewhat with gloomier moods.
  Of course, not all unproductive activities funded by surplus value are necessarily wasteful or parasitic.
  Synonyms
  fruitless, futile, vain, idle, useless, worthless, valueless, pointless, ineffective, ineffectual, to no effect, impotent, inefficacious, unprofitable, unremunerative, unrewarding
  rare otiose

Derivatives

unproductively

adverb ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪvliˌənprəˈdəktɪvli

Itinerant professionals are quite happy to pay about $2 an hour for the convenience of being able to do work productively during what might otherwise have been time unproductively spent.
Example sentencesExamples
- She added: ‘Effectively, half a day (ten per cent of the school week) would be taken up with the swimming trip, most of which would be spent unproductively travelling to and from the pool.’
- In the middle of an acrimonious divorce - about which he seems in turns indifferent and volatile - Rainey spends most of his time sleeping, staring unproductively at his computer screen and talking to his dog.
- Part of the site will be used for residential development and will provide the company with a windfall from property that would otherwise have been used unproductively.
- Mr Lee Sing's on-air upbraiding of Mr Enoch's team is therefore a classic example of what a good leader should never do, as any employee put to such ignominy is almost certain to respond unproductively.

unproductiveness

noun ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪvnəs

No need to add unproductiveness to the rest of his shortcomings in the situation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Really Cameron, this, this - unproductiveness is driving me off the wall.
- The unproductiveness and wastefulness of the industrial system in the Slave States is instructively displayed in the valuable writings of Mr. Olmsted.
- Frustrated by the PSI's unproductiveness, many of its members seceded in 1921 to form the Communist Party under Bordiga, Gramsci, and Togliatti.
- These bouts of unproductiveness usually last for a day or two.

Definition of unproductive in US English:

unproductive

adjectiveˌənprəˈdəktivˌənprəˈdəktɪv

1Not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.
生产不多的；不能多生产的；不丰饶的
unproductive land must be reforested
贫瘠土地必须再植林。
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, the unproductive vast amount of agricultural set-aside land could be used to grow oil-seed rape to feed all types of engines.
- I am particularly concerned with the new costs associated with road enclosure permits, especially when these areas of land are often unproductive.
- There are areas on which there are tracts of land which are quite unproductive and which could easily be acquired for plantation with suitable trees.
- Farmers simply saw the marsh as unproductive land that could be used for grazing animals.
- Some government planners anticipate a policy that encourages people to vacate marginal or unproductive land, with the possible end of food assistance as one inducement to relocation.
- They occupied the land and the New Zealand Government allocated only some rather unproductive land to the Moriori.
- Since 1985 hundreds of thousands of peasants have taken it upon themselves to carry out land reform by occupying unproductive land.
- Logging concessions are stimulated by the wrong incentives: it is more lucrative to clear forestland for plantations than to plant on open and unproductive land.
- The American military initially found the South as a convenient locale of large amounts of unproductive land that could be converted into training facilities.
Synonyms
sterile, barren, infertile, uncultivatable, unfruitful, poor, lifeless, lean, arid
1. 1.1 (of an activity or period) not achieving much; not very useful.
  （行动，时期）成果不多的；无用的
  unproductive meetings
  徒劳的会议。
  Example sentencesExamples
  However, the process was unproductive and Avril was not satisfied with the songs because they did not feel right.
  Our foreign policy in this regard is very clear and we wonder why some rich nations decide to waste their huge resources on unproductive ventures.
  What could be a nicer way to spend an idle day - and being career leftists, it is safe to assume most of their days are unproductive - than preening and posturing in the dock while reporters take down their every egomaniacal word?
  We get to the office full of high resolve, only to watch the minutes and hours dribble away in unproductive activity.
  India faced some hurdles - low PC penetration, the possibility of piracy and the general perception of games as an unproductive activity.
  Completely wasted my entire day in unproductive activity and left the blasted cluster room hours later seething with frustration and disgust.
  He went on to explain that the previous bubble was caused by borrowing low-cost capital for investment in unproductive activities, particularly for speculative purposes.
  We don't need to account for money/time lost on other unproductive activities - we are only monitoring spam's impact.
  It is high time the Government worked out an appropriate strategy to divert such investment from unproductive ventures like shebeens to more productive areas.
  Taxpayer's money must be spent in the best interest of the citizens in order to satisfy their basic needs, and not on unproductive projects.
  When a research program is unproductive for a long period it suggests that something may be wrong with the questions being asked or the methods being used.
  These have been some really unproductive years for me.
  There is also evidence of departure from the traditional approach to job design and the attempted elimination of unproductive activities from job specifications.
  Our tax systems need to encourage voluntary compliance, provide efficient service to the taxpayers, eliminate unproductive work and enhance efficiency.
  Or, more often, we go about each in an unproductive way.
  And the unproductive periods do seem to correlate somewhat with gloomier moods.
  Of course, not all unproductive activities funded by surplus value are necessarily wasteful or parasitic.
  In fact all Mayo could manage while assisted by the wind in the second half was three points, the third one by Cora Staunton in the 55th minute to end an unproductive period of fourteen minutes.
  It seems somewhat bizarre but when I really think about it, not unusual from Labour - that it would want us to encourage unproductive activity but discourage productive activity.
  You rarely waste energies on unproductive activities.
  Synonyms
  fruitless, futile, vain, idle, useless, worthless, valueless, pointless, ineffective, ineffectual, to no effect, impotent, inefficacious, unprofitable, unremunerative, unrewarding

单词	unproductive
释义	Definition of unproductive in English: unproductive adjective ʌnprəˈdʌktɪvˌənprəˈdəktɪv 1Not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities. 生产不多的；不能多生产的；不丰饶的 unproductive land must be reforested 贫瘠土地必须再植林。 Example sentencesExamples In fact, the unproductive vast amount of agricultural set-aside land could be used to grow oil-seed rape to feed all types of engines. Logging concessions are stimulated by the wrong incentives: it is more lucrative to clear forestland for plantations than to plant on open and unproductive land. There are areas on which there are tracts of land which are quite unproductive and which could easily be acquired for plantation with suitable trees. Some government planners anticipate a policy that encourages people to vacate marginal or unproductive land, with the possible end of food assistance as one inducement to relocation. Since 1985 hundreds of thousands of peasants have taken it upon themselves to carry out land reform by occupying unproductive land. I am particularly concerned with the new costs associated with road enclosure permits, especially when these areas of land are often unproductive. They occupied the land and the New Zealand Government allocated only some rather unproductive land to the Moriori. The American military initially found the South as a convenient locale of large amounts of unproductive land that could be converted into training facilities. Farmers simply saw the marsh as unproductive land that could be used for grazing animals. Synonyms sterile, barren, infertile, uncultivatable, unfruitful, poor, lifeless, lean, arid 1.1 (of an activity or period) not achieving much; not very useful. （行动，时期）成果不多的；无用的 unproductive meetings 徒劳的会议。 Example sentencesExamples When a research program is unproductive for a long period it suggests that something may be wrong with the questions being asked or the methods being used. Completely wasted my entire day in unproductive activity and left the blasted cluster room hours later seething with frustration and disgust. Our tax systems need to encourage voluntary compliance, provide efficient service to the taxpayers, eliminate unproductive work and enhance efficiency. What could be a nicer way to spend an idle day - and being career leftists, it is safe to assume most of their days are unproductive - than preening and posturing in the dock while reporters take down their every egomaniacal word? He went on to explain that the previous bubble was caused by borrowing low-cost capital for investment in unproductive activities, particularly for speculative purposes. These have been some really unproductive years for me. You rarely waste energies on unproductive activities. It is high time the Government worked out an appropriate strategy to divert such investment from unproductive ventures like shebeens to more productive areas. It seems somewhat bizarre but when I really think about it, not unusual from Labour - that it would want us to encourage unproductive activity but discourage productive activity. However, the process was unproductive and Avril was not satisfied with the songs because they did not feel right. We get to the office full of high resolve, only to watch the minutes and hours dribble away in unproductive activity. There is also evidence of departure from the traditional approach to job design and the attempted elimination of unproductive activities from job specifications. In fact all Mayo could manage while assisted by the wind in the second half was three points, the third one by Cora Staunton in the 55th minute to end an unproductive period of fourteen minutes. We don't need to account for money/time lost on other unproductive activities - we are only monitoring spam's impact. Taxpayer's money must be spent in the best interest of the citizens in order to satisfy their basic needs, and not on unproductive projects. Or, more often, we go about each in an unproductive way. India faced some hurdles - low PC penetration, the possibility of piracy and the general perception of games as an unproductive activity. Our foreign policy in this regard is very clear and we wonder why some rich nations decide to waste their huge resources on unproductive ventures. And the unproductive periods do seem to correlate somewhat with gloomier moods. Of course, not all unproductive activities funded by surplus value are necessarily wasteful or parasitic. Synonyms fruitless, futile, vain, idle, useless, worthless, valueless, pointless, ineffective, ineffectual, to no effect, impotent, inefficacious, unprofitable, unremunerative, unrewarding rare otiose Derivatives unproductively adverb ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪvliˌənprəˈdəktɪvli Itinerant professionals are quite happy to pay about $2 an hour for the convenience of being able to do work productively during what might otherwise have been time unproductively spent. Example sentencesExamples She added: ‘Effectively, half a day (ten per cent of the school week) would be taken up with the swimming trip, most of which would be spent unproductively travelling to and from the pool.’ In the middle of an acrimonious divorce - about which he seems in turns indifferent and volatile - Rainey spends most of his time sleeping, staring unproductively at his computer screen and talking to his dog. Part of the site will be used for residential development and will provide the company with a windfall from property that would otherwise have been used unproductively. Mr Lee Sing's on-air upbraiding of Mr Enoch's team is therefore a classic example of what a good leader should never do, as any employee put to such ignominy is almost certain to respond unproductively. unproductiveness noun ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪvnəs No need to add unproductiveness to the rest of his shortcomings in the situation. Example sentencesExamples Really Cameron, this, this - unproductiveness is driving me off the wall. The unproductiveness and wastefulness of the industrial system in the Slave States is instructively displayed in the valuable writings of Mr. Olmsted. Frustrated by the PSI's unproductiveness, many of its members seceded in 1921 to form the Communist Party under Bordiga, Gramsci, and Togliatti. These bouts of unproductiveness usually last for a day or two. Definition of unproductive in US English: unproductive adjectiveˌənprəˈdəktivˌənprəˈdəktɪv 1Not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities. 生产不多的；不能多生产的；不丰饶的 unproductive land must be reforested 贫瘠土地必须再植林。 Example sentencesExamples In fact, the unproductive vast amount of agricultural set-aside land could be used to grow oil-seed rape to feed all types of engines. I am particularly concerned with the new costs associated with road enclosure permits, especially when these areas of land are often unproductive. There are areas on which there are tracts of land which are quite unproductive and which could easily be acquired for plantation with suitable trees. Farmers simply saw the marsh as unproductive land that could be used for grazing animals. Some government planners anticipate a policy that encourages people to vacate marginal or unproductive land, with the possible end of food assistance as one inducement to relocation. They occupied the land and the New Zealand Government allocated only some rather unproductive land to the Moriori. Since 1985 hundreds of thousands of peasants have taken it upon themselves to carry out land reform by occupying unproductive land. Logging concessions are stimulated by the wrong incentives: it is more lucrative to clear forestland for plantations than to plant on open and unproductive land. The American military initially found the South as a convenient locale of large amounts of unproductive land that could be converted into training facilities. Synonyms sterile, barren, infertile, uncultivatable, unfruitful, poor, lifeless, lean, arid 1.1 (of an activity or period) not achieving much; not very useful. （行动，时期）成果不多的；无用的 unproductive meetings 徒劳的会议。 Example sentencesExamples However, the process was unproductive and Avril was not satisfied with the songs because they did not feel right. Our foreign policy in this regard is very clear and we wonder why some rich nations decide to waste their huge resources on unproductive ventures. What could be a nicer way to spend an idle day - and being career leftists, it is safe to assume most of their days are unproductive - than preening and posturing in the dock while reporters take down their every egomaniacal word? We get to the office full of high resolve, only to watch the minutes and hours dribble away in unproductive activity. India faced some hurdles - low PC penetration, the possibility of piracy and the general perception of games as an unproductive activity. Completely wasted my entire day in unproductive activity and left the blasted cluster room hours later seething with frustration and disgust. He went on to explain that the previous bubble was caused by borrowing low-cost capital for investment in unproductive activities, particularly for speculative purposes. We don't need to account for money/time lost on other unproductive activities - we are only monitoring spam's impact. It is high time the Government worked out an appropriate strategy to divert such investment from unproductive ventures like shebeens to more productive areas. Taxpayer's money must be spent in the best interest of the citizens in order to satisfy their basic needs, and not on unproductive projects. When a research program is unproductive for a long period it suggests that something may be wrong with the questions being asked or the methods being used. These have been some really unproductive years for me. There is also evidence of departure from the traditional approach to job design and the attempted elimination of unproductive activities from job specifications. Our tax systems need to encourage voluntary compliance, provide efficient service to the taxpayers, eliminate unproductive work and enhance efficiency. Or, more often, we go about each in an unproductive way. And the unproductive periods do seem to correlate somewhat with gloomier moods. Of course, not all unproductive activities funded by surplus value are necessarily wasteful or parasitic. In fact all Mayo could manage while assisted by the wind in the second half was three points, the third one by Cora Staunton in the 55th minute to end an unproductive period of fourteen minutes. It seems somewhat bizarre but when I really think about it, not unusual from Labour - that it would want us to encourage unproductive activity but discourage productive activity. You rarely waste energies on unproductive activities. Synonyms fruitless, futile, vain, idle, useless, worthless, valueless, pointless, ineffective, ineffectual, to no effect, impotent, inefficacious, unprofitable, unremunerative, unrewarding
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