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nonproductive

/ˌnɒn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ UK
/ˌnɑn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ US

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adjective non-productive

not comparable Not productive. After two hours of nonproductive bickering the hearing ended soon after Harry conceded "Maybe I'm too old to be on this board."
Similar: unproductive, unyieldly

Opposite: productive

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@misc{nonproductive_2026,
  title = {nonproductive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nonproductive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}