not producing very much; not producing good resultsunproductive landan unproductive meetingI've had a very unproductive day.oppositeproductiveOxford Collocations DictionaryUnproductive is used with these nouns: labourSeefull entryWord Familyproduceverbproducernounproductionnounproductiveadjective(≠unproductive)productivelyadverbproductnounproducenounExtra examplesI’ve spent yet another unproductive day.She returned from a rather unproductive trip to New York.The changes include cutting subsidies and shedding unproductive jobs.We had a series of unproductive meetings.
See unproductive in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee unproductive in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
