nonproductive

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Scrabble points: 21
Words With Friends: 27
Letters: 13

Pronunciation

/ˌnɒn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/

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/ˌnɒn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ · /ˌnɑn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/

Definition of nonproductive

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Not productive.

“After two hours of nonproductive bickering the hearing ended soon after Harry conceded "Maybe I'm too old to be on this board."”

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Late Latin dūcō Late Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive English nonproductive From non- + productive.

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