unproductiveness

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Others suggest that after five years of infirmity, unproductiveness and cramped quarters the thought of having a new play produced might amount to a rebirth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of late, too, the unproductiveness of our taxes, and the uneasiness of the public creditors in the United States, has not escaped his observation.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Sparks, Jared

Anything like the cares of responsibility would sooner or later harass him into unproductiveness.

From New Grub Street by Gissing, George

Like seasons come round, and, like productiveness or unproductiveness, healthy or epidemic diatheses, attend them.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden

I grew very dissatisfied with the unproductiveness of my daily routine, though, and told Grant I must start writing again.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy