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underproductive

American  
[uhn-der-pruh-duhkt-iv] / ˌʌn dər prəˈdʌkt ɪv /

adjective

  1. not productive enough.


Other Word Forms

  • underproductiveness noun

Example Sentences

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The Macy’s store at the Bloc closed recently, one of 66 Macy’s stores that were identified as underproductive by management in January.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

It was once Asia’s biggest rice exporter, yet its agricultural sector remains woefully underproductive.

From Economist • Oct. 16, 2014

Look for Montreal to trade the underproductive Scott Gomez and his $7.5 million salary to one of those teams before the season.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2011

But this land- leasing scheme has not yet become common enough to indicate whether it will galvanize the Soviet Union's underproductive farms.

From Time Magazine Archive

In spite of the tremendously greater growing potential on private timberland, most have been freely exploited and are now damaged and underproductive.

From Time Magazine Archive