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Synonyms for non-productive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : non-pruh-duhk-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɒn prəˈdʌk tɪv

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Définition 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

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