unproductive
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Afterward, Danish officials characterized the meeting as unproductive because of a “fundamental” difference with the United States.
From Salon
The best news of all is about the place where jobs were not created at all—at one particularly unproductive and highly indebted enterprise.
But he observed that team members often seemed mentally exhausted and unproductive by Friday.
“Insults about my character,” he said, “are unfounded and unproductive…I have operated within the rules, I’ve been transparent about my aims, and I’ve engaged through proper channels to resolve disagreements.”
Another obvious problem is that employees are swamped with far too many unproductive, virtual meetings.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.