| 词汇 | unproductive |
| 释义 | unproductive adjective uk /ˌʌn.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/ us /ˌʌn.prəˈdʌk.tɪv/ C1 not producing very much收益很少的;效果不明显的 Opposite productive C1 not having positive results: 徒然的；无效的 It was such an unproductive meeting - we didn't make a single decision.这是场徒劳无功的会议——我们连一项决议也没有做出。 not producing a desired result unsuccessfulOur attempts to change the law were unsuccessful. failedThe company went bankrupt pouring money into yet another failed product. badSales have been really bad this quarter. fruitlessAll our pleas that she remain in university were fruitless - she left anyway. unfruitfulThe negotiations were unfruitful. Creating and producing anti-creative artefact attribute attribute something to someone bang something out bash crank generative generativity grind something out handmade knock rig rig something up roll (something) out rollout run something up rush something out stitch yield You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Useful or advantageous unproductive | American Dictionaryunproductive adjective us/ˌʌn·prəˈdʌk·tɪv/ not useful, or not creating anything: We wasted three days in unproductive discussions. unproductive | Business Englishunproductive adjective /ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/ukus PRODUCTION, ECONOMICS not producing goods, crops, profits, etc. in a satisfactory amount: unproductive investments/jobs/projects Grass planted on currently unproductive land could form a useful extra income for farmers. WORKPLACE, MEETINGS not achieving good results: unproductive discussions/meetings70% of managers said they could save 10% of their time if they could avoid unproductive meetings. unproductive labour/staff/workersFalling prices forced companies to cut unproductive workers. Sales supervisors can help salespersons convert unproductive time into productive time. Compare productive Examples of unproductiveunproductive The idea is that guidelines, by outlining efficient care strategies, will enhance the quality of care and reduce unnecessary or unproductive expenditures. While no instances have been detected for the 20th century, the latest occurrences in the 19th century are preserved in unproductive or nonstandard collocations. Often this led to unproductive debates over science rather than discussions of water management issues. Instead, it has pitted ' ' pro-accounters ' ' against ' ' anti-accounters ' ' in an unproductive debate filled with accusations and exaggerations. The land law further aims to solve the problems of land fragmentation and unproductive use. In the wake of the plague, there was large-scale population resettlement, where inhabitants of the more unproductive areas left for the better, 'vacant' areas. We have in mind a government where some of the bureaucrats use international aid for private unproductive consumption or to settle a slush fund. The scholar is compared favourably with that other notoriously frivolous and unproductive cultural figure, the poet. First, it reflected a tendency to view evacuees as socially unproductive and undeserving members of the polity. Thus, the extant literature on moderators of treatment effects following the aforementioned line of inquiry has been relatively unproductive to date. Besides deviant, the more popular stereotype of the convent was that it was both unnatural and unproductive. The proportion of participants not reporting any unproductive days was 46 percent in the usual physiotherapy and 57 percent in the brief intervention group. The largest historical mystery is how one lexical class becomes productive and the other remains unproductive. Almost all of the respondents were retired and accustomed to being regarded as ' unproductive ' by the general public. The rent-free lands became unproductive for want of manure after yielding a few crops which made it necessary for them to clear fresh jungles. See all examples of unproductive These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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