productive
adjective
having the power of producing; generative; creative.
unproductiveness
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a word derived from
productive.
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a word derived from
unproductive.
unproductiveadjective(often foll by of) not productive of (anything)
Example Sentences
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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
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 Nancy Vogel
And tardiness was subject to official punishments as a form of unproductiveness.
From Waste Not, Want by Dave Dryfoos
The unproductiveness of the work in the early history was such that the abandonment of the mission was several times under consideration.
From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by John P. (John Peter) Jones
I know the sly cabals of my much-esteemed friends, who seize every opportunity to parade my unproductiveness before my eyes.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. by Paul Heyse
