unproductive

/ʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/

US pronunciation

American sound/ʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/

ʌnprəˈdʌktɪv

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 3rd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

ʌnprə - ˈdʌktɪv -> unproductive

Myanmar meaning

အကျိုးမဖြစ်ထွန်းသော။

Full entry

unproductive /ʌnprǝ'dʌktÇv / adj

အကျိုးမဖြစ်ထွန်းသော။ an unproductive discussion/ meeting.
❏ unproductively adv
အလကား။ အချည်းနှီး။

More examples

‘Since 1985 hundreds of thousands of peasants have taken it upon themselves to carry out land reform by occupying 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.’
‘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.’
‘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.’
‘I am particularly concerned with the new costs associated with road enclosure permits, especially when these areas of land are often unproductive.’
‘Farmers simply saw the marsh as unproductive land that could be used for grazing animals.’
‘The American military initially found the South as a convenient locale of large amounts of unproductive land that could be converted into training facilities.’
‘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.’
‘They occupied the land and the New Zealand Government allocated only some rather unproductive land to the Moriori.’
‘We don't need to account for money/time lost on other unproductive activities - we are only monitoring spam's impact.’
‘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?’
‘Or, more often, we go about each in an unproductive way.’
‘You rarely waste energies on unproductive activities.’
‘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.’
‘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.’
‘India faced some hurdles - low PC penetration, the possibility of piracy and the general perception of games as an unproductive activity.’
‘These have been some really unproductive years for me.’
‘Completely wasted my entire day in unproductive activity and left the blasted cluster room hours later seething with frustration and disgust.’
‘There is also evidence of departure from the traditional approach to job design and the attempted elimination of unproductive activities from job specifications.’
‘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.’

Synonyms

infertile, barren, sterile, fruitless, blocked, uncreative, empty, futile, idle, ineffective, inefficient, lazy, nonproductive, pointless, slow, trivial, unprofitable, useless, wasteful, worthless

Antonyms

beneficial, fertile, fruitful, helpful, potent, productive, profitable, successful, useful, valuable, worthwhile

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