Synonyms for unproductiveun·pro·duc·tive

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1. unproductiveadjective

   not producing or capable of producing

   "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"

   Antonyms:
   fertile, effective, amentaceous, arable, oil-bearing, nut-bearing, tillable, productive, fur-bearing, effectual, cultivable, rich, cultivatable, prolific, amentiferous, fecund, efficacious

2. unproductiveadjective

   not producing desired results

   "the talks between labor and management were unproductive"

   Antonyms:
   tillable, efficacious, fur-bearing, arable, amentaceous, cultivatable, effectual, nut-bearing, fertile, effective, amentiferous, rich, cultivable, prolific, fecund, oil-bearing, productive

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1. unproductiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfruitful, barren, unprolific, sterile, unprocreant, UNPROFITABLE

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1. unproductiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   unfruitful, barren

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1. List of paraphrases for "unproductive":

   non-productive, non-performing, sterile, nonproductive, counterproductive, fruitless, counter-productive, barren, uncultivated, unsuccessful, futile

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1. Brandon Garic Notch:

   It's not who you are that holds you back, it's the unproductive thoughts you focus on and act upon by ignorance.

2. Rob Stutzman:

   What you don’t do is throw on your f---king flak jacket, get your AR-15 and walk around out there, waving your gun like you’re Rambo just to prove a point, that kind of extremism is completely unproductive.

3. Ricardo Salles:

   Everything we're hearing is that we need to improve efficiency and the model of doing business. There's consensus that it needs to change, having a body that has around 100 members is completely unproductive.

4. Stanley Druckenmiller:

   The myopic policy makers have no endgame. They stumble from one short-term fiscal or monetary stimulus to the next, despite overwhelming evidence that they only produce an ephemeral 'sugar high' and grow unproductive debt that impedes long-term growth, the chickens are now coming home to roost.

5. Ron Johnson:

   I think people are starting to realize that that would be a pretty messy and unproductive process.

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