unproductive
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
unproductive
adj 1: not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of
high-cost or unproductive industries" [ant: {productive}]
2: not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and
management were unproductive"
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "unproductive":
abortive, acarpous, arid, barren, bootless, celibate, childless,
desert, desolate, drained, dried-up, dry, exhausted, fallow,
fruitless, gainless, gaunt, gelded, impotent, ineffective,
ineffectual, infecund, infertile, issueless, jejune, leached,
menopausal, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, nonprolific,
nonremunerative, otiose, profitless, rewardless, sine prole,
sterile, sucked dry, teemless, unavailable, unavailing,
uncultivated, unfertile, unfruitful, unplowed, unprofitable,
unprolific, unremunerative, unrewarding, unsown, untilled, useless,
vain, virgin, waste, wasted, without issue
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