Synonyms for unproductive
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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. Vladimir Lenin:

   You all know that even when women have full rights, they still remain fatally downtrodden because all housework is left to them. In most cases housework is the most unproductive, the most barbarous and the most arduous work a woman can do. It is exceptionally petty and does not include anything that would in any way promote the development of the woman.

2. Aditi Nayar:

   The budget should focus on trimming of unproductive schemes, paring of subsidy expenditure would help free up resources to boost infrastructure spending.

3. The Senate:

   Today's ruling provides the perfect opportunity for the President to change his unproductive posture on this jobs-creating infrastructure project.

4. Adam Jentleson:

   The Republican Senate has started off as the least productive, most partisan, most contentious Senate in recent memory, from bypassing committees on every single bill so far to trying to silence senators who dared to disagree with him to failing to hold a single Friday vote, Sen. McConnell is running a closed and partisan process that is extremely unproductive for the middle class.

5. Denzel McCampbell:

   At a time where report after report cites the city of Detroit's harmful treatment of Black Lives Matter protesters –and the enormous waste of taxpayer money to lose embarrassingly in court after trying to intimidate them, the city's use of discriminatory facial recognition technology, and the fact that people still do not feel safe despite spending $300 million per year on police –it's disappointing and unproductive for Chief Craig to run to the cameras to call for Congresswoman Tlaib's resignation, one would think Chief Craig has more important things to do.