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单词 unproductive
释义
unproductive
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us
/ˌʌn.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/
C1
notproducingvery much
收益很少的；效果不明显的
Opposite
productive
C1
not havingpositiveresults:
徒然的；无效的
It was such an unproductivemeeting- we didn't make asingledecision.这是场徒劳无功的会议——我们连一项决议也没有做出。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not producing a desired result
  • unsuccessfulOur attempts to change the law were unsuccessful.
  • failedThe company went bankrupt pouring money into yet another failed product.
  • badSales have been really bad this quarter.
  • fruitlessAll our pleas that she remain in university were fruitless - she left anyway.
  • unfruitfulThe negotiations were unfruitful.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Creating and producing
  • anti-creative
  • artefact
  • attribute
  • attributesomethingtosomeone
  • barrenness
  • generate
  • handmade
  • knock
  • knock off (something)
  • knocksomeoneout
  • knocksomethingtogether/up
  • mint
  • rollout
  • runsomethingup
  • rushsomethingout
  • sand-cast
  • scaresomethingup
  • spin
  • throw
  • yield
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Useful or advantageous
(Definition ofunproductivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unproductive| American Dictionary

unproductive
adjective
us
/ˌʌn·prəˈdʌk·tɪv/
notuseful, or notcreatinganything:
Wewastedthreedaysin unproductivediscussions.
(Definition ofunproductivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

unproductive| Business English

unproductive
adjective
/ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/uk
us
PRODUCTION,ECONOMICS
notproducinggoods,crops,profits, etc. in asatisfactoryamount:
unproductiveinvestments/jobs/projects
Grassplantedoncurrentlyunproductivelandcouldformausefulextraincomeforfarmers.
WORKPLACE,MEETINGS
notachievinggoodresults:
unproductive discussions/meetings70% ofmanagerssaid they couldsave10% oftheirtimeif they couldavoidunproductivemeetings.
unproductive labour/staff/workersFallingpricesforcedcompaniestocutunproductiveworkers.
Salessupervisorscanhelpsalespersonsconvertunproductivetimeintoproductivetime.
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(Definition ofunproductivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunproductive

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The idea is that guidelines, by outlining efficient care strategies, will enhance the quality of care and reduce unnecessary orunproductiveexpenditures.
From theCambridge English Corpus
While no instances have been detected for the 20th century, the latest occurrences in the 19th century are preserved inunproductiveor nonstandard collocations.
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Often this led tounproductivedebates over science rather than discussions of water management issues.
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Instead, it has pitted ' ' pro-accounters ' ' against ' ' anti-accounters ' ' in anunproductivedebate filled with accusations and exaggerations.
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The land law further aims to solve the problems of land fragmentation andunproductiveuse.
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While traps caused by energetic frustration generally slow folding, these ensemble intermediates caused by topology do not necessarily signalunproductivefolding processes.
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In the wake of the plague, there was large-scale population resettlement, where inhabitants of the moreunproductiveareas left for the better, 'vacant' areas.
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We have in mind a government where some of the bureaucrats use international aid for privateunproductiveconsumption or to settle a slush fund.
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The scholar is compared favourably with that other notoriously frivolous andunproductivecultural figure, the poet.
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First, it reflected a tendency to view evacuees as sociallyunproductiveand undeserving members of the polity.
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Thus, the extant literature on moderators of treatment effects following the aforementioned line of inquiry has been relativelyunproductiveto date.
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Besides deviant, the more popular stereotype of the convent was that it was both unnatural andunproductive.
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The proportion of participants not reporting anyunproductivedays was 46 percent in the usual physiotherapy and 57 percent in the brief intervention group.
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The largest historical mystery is how one lexical class becomes productive and the other remainsunproductive.
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Almost all of the respondents were retired and accustomed to being regarded as 'unproductive' by the general public.
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