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Nonproductive Adjective Failing Produce Yield Oil Directly Labor

Title nonproductive
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
non·pro·duc·tive
\\-prə-ˈdək-tiv\\ adjective
 DATE  1868
: not productive: as
  a. failing to produce or yield : unproductive
      a nonproductive oil well
  b. not directly concerned with production
      the nonproductive labor of clerks and inspectors
  c. of a cough :
dry
3a
• non·pro·duc·tive·ness noun
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
non·productive
\“+\ adjective
1. : failing to produce or yield :
unproductive

 < consisted of four vines, all nonproductive — Current Biography >
 < a nonproductive oil well >
2. : not directly productive : not creating exchangeable values
 < nonproductive labor >
3. of a cough : not effective in raising mucus or exudate from the respiratory tract :
dry

• non·productively \“+\ adverb
• non·productiveness \“+\ noun

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