Antonyms for productive
prəˈdʌk tɪvpro·duc·tive

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1. productiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   nonproductive, unproductive

2. productiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   nonproductive, unproductive

3. productiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   unproductive, nonproductive

4. productiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   nonproductive, unproductive

5. productiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   unproductive, nonproductive

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. productive

   Antonyms:
   unfruitful, barren, sterile, unproductive, inefficient, effete

   Synonyms:
   fruitful, prolific, fertile, efficient, causative

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. productiveadjective

   producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)

   "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"

   Antonyms:
   nonproductive, vain, bootless, fruitless, dry, unproductive, unfruitful, futile, sleeveless, unsuccessful

   Synonyms:
   generative, fat, rich, fertile

2. generative, productiveadjective

   having the ability to produce or originate

   "generative power"; "generative forces"

   Antonyms:
   futile, unsuccessful, sleeveless, unfruitful, dry, nonproductive, fruitless, unproductive, vain, bootless

   Synonyms:
   procreative, generative, fat, rich, fertile, reproductive

3. productiveadjective

   yielding positive results

   Antonyms:
   dry, futile, unproductive, fruitless, nonproductive, unfruitful, vain, sleeveless, bootless, unsuccessful

   Synonyms:
   generative, fat, rich, fertile

4. fat, fertile, productive, richadjective

   marked by great fruitfulness

   "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"

   Antonyms:
   vain, nonproductive, sleeveless, dry, fruitless, unproductive, unfruitful, unsuccessful, bootless, futile

   Synonyms:
   fat, fecund, fatty, generative, robust, full-bodied, juicy, copious, fertile, deep, plentiful, racy, ample, rich, prolific, plenteous

How to use productive in a sentence?

1. Robert Herjavec:

   I also do something a lot of people don’t, i say ‘no.’ To be as productive as possible, you have to learn to say ‘no’ and to say it often. When you’re an entrepreneur, when you’re leading a business, everybody wants a piece of you. It’s so hard. Related: Robert Herjavec: 'The World Doesn't Reward Mediocrity.' He continues, The tendency is to say ‘yes’ to everything and then everything suffers, and you’re like, ‘Why did I say ‘yes’ to this?! Eventually you learn the power of ‘no’ and you get better at it as you go.

2. Earl Blumenauer:

   Hearing from Oregonians and working together to protect our values and advance policies that actually strengthen our communities is a more productive use of my time.

3. Anirudh Rastogi:

   This rate is typically used to tax activities that are not considered economically productive, such as lottery, so this could be an indication that the government wants to make revenue, but it does not see crypto trading as economically productive.

4. Brad Ashwell:

   Things are just either not an issue, that are a standard part of the election process or things that really are n’t a problem getting politicized and blown out of proportion into this large threat, and it’s not productive. It does n’t help voters and will lead to additional costs.

5. Monica Malik:

   The relatively limited productive base means that a pick-up in domestic demand due to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions is largely met by imports, however, the sharp rise in oil price is boosting the exports, which we see outstripping import growth in 2021.

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