Definition of non-productive in English:

non-productive

adjective nɒnprəˈdʌktɪv

1Not producing or able to produce goods, crops, or economic benefit.
不生产的，无出产的；不产生经济效益的（语气比unproductive弱）
non-productive land
health is seen as a non-productive sector
Example sentencesExamples
- Tribals hold a majority of the non-productive land in the hills, but two-thirds of the regional population lives on one-third of the land.
- In clinical, economic terms, with children comes the arrival of non-productive yet highly consumptive members of the household.
- Smokers, especially young ones are also likely to commit more crime and be generally non-productive in every day society.
- The Government will grab money from the production sector, drive it into the ground, and give the money away to the non-productive sector.
- Many non-productive activities were able to survive and hold or divert resources from more productive and sustainable activities.
- He's the most non-productive person I've ever seen.
- Importantly, unprecedented amounts of non-productive debt have been created of increasingly suspect quality, whose value is sustained only by additional non-productive Credit creation.
- The lie consists of the implication that the election was a victory by the relatively non-productive elements of society.
- I can see us having a million non-productive chickens in a few years time!
- General Insurance Corporation is all set to scrap its non-productive schemes, as part of its revamp exercise.
- And the Government has frittered away a huge fortune by recruiting a vast army of non-productive civil servants.
- Mathis says the actual efficiency achieved as of the end of 2004 was about 57% - a reduction from 105 hours to 45 hours per week of non-productive work.
- This distribution of profits even includes profits earned in non-productive sectors.
- Therefore, 10 percent could be used most effectively to alienate traditional fishing grounds, leaving vast areas of non-productive barrens.
- There is too much political correctness and a massive transfer of wealth has taken place from the productive to the non-productive sectors of the economy.
- Sinking yields - in the face of an acute inflationary ‘blow off’ bias throughout mortgage finance - will only stimulate greater non-productive debt expansion.
- If we take into account all the non-productive time that businesses have to comply with - the paperwork that goes with being in business - then the rate per hour is $15.37, which is not an attractive proposition.
- Second, this is a particularly dangerous stage of the Credit cycle, as the preponderance of lending and speculating is reverberating through non-productive debt creation.
- We see more and more non-productive, non-essential posts being created to give the illusion that local government is doing something.
- It makes playfulness and creativity sound entirely frivolous and non-productive, and maintains a peculiar distinction between work and leisure.
Synonyms
barren, non-fertile, unfruitful, unproductive, uncultivatable, lifeless, sterile, impoverished, arid
1. 1.1 Achieving little.
  所获甚微的，无收获的
  time-wasting, non-productive activities
  Example sentencesExamples
  Lack of involvement and engagement lead them to varied non-productive activities.
  War, also, involves communities in non-productive expenditures of excess.
  They help create greater confidence so that states can concentrate their energies and resources on their own domestic welfare rather than on non-productive, excessive national security arrangements.
  But once again their ‘work’ is non-productive.
  It also offers the therapist and family a measurable outcome that indicates progress or decline, as well as providing a focus for each session, thereby reducing the risk of sessions becoming fragmented and non-productive.
  From this point, discussion is not only non-productive but nauseating.
  Both parties then returned to the House chamber where they whiled away a non-productive afternoon in thunderous denunciations of each other.
  We're engaged in a lot of non-productive discussion, and this is not going to get us to the answers we need to have.
  He considered these activities to be non-creative and non-productive.
  ‘This conversation seems non-productive,’ Mark resented.

Derivatives

non-productively

adverb

If it's present, but doesn't surface, it can become a preoccupation that drains the organization's talents non-productively and destroys some of its people.

词汇	non-productive
释义	Definition of non-productive in English: non-productive adjective nɒnprəˈdʌktɪv 1Not producing or able to produce goods, crops, or economic benefit. 不生产的，无出产的；不产生经济效益的（语气比unproductive弱） non-productive land health is seen as a non-productive sector Example sentencesExamples Tribals hold a majority of the non-productive land in the hills, but two-thirds of the regional population lives on one-third of the land. In clinical, economic terms, with children comes the arrival of non-productive yet highly consumptive members of the household. Smokers, especially young ones are also likely to commit more crime and be generally non-productive in every day society. The Government will grab money from the production sector, drive it into the ground, and give the money away to the non-productive sector. Many non-productive activities were able to survive and hold or divert resources from more productive and sustainable activities. He's the most non-productive person I've ever seen. Importantly, unprecedented amounts of non-productive debt have been created of increasingly suspect quality, whose value is sustained only by additional non-productive Credit creation. The lie consists of the implication that the election was a victory by the relatively non-productive elements of society. I can see us having a million non-productive chickens in a few years time! General Insurance Corporation is all set to scrap its non-productive schemes, as part of its revamp exercise. And the Government has frittered away a huge fortune by recruiting a vast army of non-productive civil servants. Mathis says the actual efficiency achieved as of the end of 2004 was about 57% - a reduction from 105 hours to 45 hours per week of non-productive work. This distribution of profits even includes profits earned in non-productive sectors. Therefore, 10 percent could be used most effectively to alienate traditional fishing grounds, leaving vast areas of non-productive barrens. There is too much political correctness and a massive transfer of wealth has taken place from the productive to the non-productive sectors of the economy. Sinking yields - in the face of an acute inflationary ‘blow off’ bias throughout mortgage finance - will only stimulate greater non-productive debt expansion. If we take into account all the non-productive time that businesses have to comply with - the paperwork that goes with being in business - then the rate per hour is $15.37, which is not an attractive proposition. Second, this is a particularly dangerous stage of the Credit cycle, as the preponderance of lending and speculating is reverberating through non-productive debt creation. We see more and more non-productive, non-essential posts being created to give the illusion that local government is doing something. It makes playfulness and creativity sound entirely frivolous and non-productive, and maintains a peculiar distinction between work and leisure. Synonyms barren, non-fertile, unfruitful, unproductive, uncultivatable, lifeless, sterile, impoverished, arid 1.1 Achieving little. 所获甚微的，无收获的 time-wasting, non-productive activities Example sentencesExamples Lack of involvement and engagement lead them to varied non-productive activities. War, also, involves communities in non-productive expenditures of excess. They help create greater confidence so that states can concentrate their energies and resources on their own domestic welfare rather than on non-productive, excessive national security arrangements. But once again their ‘work’ is non-productive. It also offers the therapist and family a measurable outcome that indicates progress or decline, as well as providing a focus for each session, thereby reducing the risk of sessions becoming fragmented and non-productive. From this point, discussion is not only non-productive but nauseating. Both parties then returned to the House chamber where they whiled away a non-productive afternoon in thunderous denunciations of each other. We're engaged in a lot of non-productive discussion, and this is not going to get us to the answers we need to have. He considered these activities to be non-creative and non-productive. ‘This conversation seems non-productive,’ Mark resented. Derivatives non-productively adverb If it's present, but doesn't surface, it can become a preoccupation that drains the organization's talents non-productively and destroys some of its people.
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