Antonyms for non-productive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : non-pruh-duhk-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɒn prəˈdʌk tɪv

Definition of non-productive

As in infertile : adj not bearing fruit, young
As in unfruitful : adj barren

Example sentences :

A non-productive plan of self-incarceration in a brain bastile by a mental midge of either sex, or none.
Extract from : « The Roycroft Dictionary » by Elbert Hubbard

The miners had run into non-productive calcite a few hundred feet down, it was said.
Extract from : « My Adventures with Your Money » by George Graham Rice

That is, we have a Massachusetts enclosed within our farms which is non-productive as far as direct returns are concerned.
Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the » by Various

They make demands on the organism for nourishment, and are thus in the position of non-productive members of a working family.
Extract from : « Parallel Paths » by Thomas William Rolleston

Here also the arbitrary and non-productive style of teaching ran strongly counter to me at every step.
Extract from : « Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel » by Friedrich Froebel

He did his best to avoid observation, however, for he dreaded explaining the reason of his non-productive condition.
Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser

It is the study of human action as productive, or non-productive, of some certain general good.
Extract from : « Is Life Worth Living? » by William Hurrell Mallock

By these means they buy cheaply, and there is no non-productive middle man to make a profit.
Extract from : « A Rational Wages System » by Henry Atkinson

And it is these same conditions which support the statement of Féré and Ellis, that he is generally a celibate and non-productive.
Extract from : « A Plea for the Criminal » by James Leslie Allan Kayll

The entire force of a store is sometimes arbitrarily divided by the management into "productive," and "non-productive" help.
Extract from : « Wage Earning and Education » by R. R. Lutz

Synonyms for non-productive

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