Definition of "unproductive" []

• Not productive; idle. (adjective)
• Economics Adding nothing to exchangeable value. (adjective)

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• "You see, she made her own living before she married me and she's got no use for what she calls the unproductive consumer."
• "Mr Lipsky smiled when asked about this, saying he had asked for the word "unproductive" to be removed from the statement after some "real progress" was made during ill-tempered talks the previous night ie, Germany gave up on the idea of debt swaps."
• "Of course, sometimes they end up being stupid or go off in unproductive directions."