nonproductive
Example Sentences
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He called the frequent council meetings the “most nonproductive part of my week.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Buy-now-pay-later products can be “a nonproductive way to build credit,” Patel said, “especially if you can qualify for a credit card.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
The physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, wrote in a letter released on Friday that Mr. Biden was still experiencing a runny nose and fatigue, and that he had an “occasional nonproductive, now ‘loose’ cough.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
A viral infection may be productive, resulting in new virions, or nonproductive, which means that the virus remains inside the cell without producing new virions.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
He teaches no morals or ethics, no idea of future rewards or punishments, and he is not an idle, nonproductive member of the group.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
