unproductive

unproductive
adj
1. fruitless, unfruitful, unyielding, issueless; childless, sterile, barren, abortive, infe-cund, unprolific, fallow, Bot. acarpous, impotent, effete; dead, dry, arid.
2. useless, futile, vain, idle, unavailing, bootless; ineffectual, ineffective, inefficacious, inadequate, inoperative, unserviceable, impracticable; worthless, valueless, meritless, nugatory; unprofitable, profitless, unremunerative, unrewarding, unpaying, gainless; unsuccessful, Inf. no-go, to no avail, to no purpose, for naught.

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