unproductive
adjective🔊/ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/
🔊/ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/
Word Family
- produce verb
- producer noun
- production noun
- productive adjective (≠ unproductive)
- productively adverb
- product noun
- produce noun
not producing very much; not producing good results 产量少的；效果不佳的；无益的 unproductive land 贫瘠的土地 a three-hour meeting that was totally unproductive 三个小时的会议完全没有结果 I've had a very unproductive day. 我这一天什么事都没干成。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesShe returned from a rather unproductive trip to New York. 她从一次颇为乏味的纽约之旅中返回。 The changes include cutting subsidies and shedding unproductive jobs. 这些变化包括削减补贴和削减非生产性工作。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnproductive is used with these nouns:- labour