unproductive
Example Sentences
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Their decision was brutal: Arguing with someone else’s vision was unproductive.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
"For someone with my character, if I feel unproductive it's a huge difficulty for me."
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
It warns: “There is currently no treatment for citrus greening. Once a tree is infected, it will eventually become unproductive and may even die.”
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Tens of thousands of unproductive and unplugged oil wells have been abandoned across California — many of which continue to leak potentially explosive methane or toxic benzene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
I already mentioned that early Korean farming was relatively unproductive and resulted only in poor farmers outclassed by rich hunters.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
