'nonproductive' definitions:
Definition of 'nonproductive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not directly productive; "nonproductive labor"
Definition of 'nonproductive'
From: GCIDE
- nonproductive \nonproductive\ adj. not directly productive; as, nonproductive labor. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'nonproductive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acarpous,
- arid,
- barren,
- celibate,
- childless,
- desert,
- desolate,
- drained,
- dried-up,
- dry,
- exhausted,
- fallow,
- fruitless,
- gaunt,
- gelded,
- impotent,
- ineffectual,
- infecund,
- infertile,
- issueless,
- jejune,
- leached,
- menopausal,
- nonfertile,
- nonproducing,
- nonprolific,
- sine prole,
- sterile,
- sucked dry,
- teemless,
- uncultivated,
- unfertile,
- unfruitful,
- unplowed,
- unproductive,
- unprolific,
- unsown,
- untilled,
- virgin,
- waste,
- wasted,
- without issue