Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-PRO-DUC'TIVE
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UN-PRO-DUC'TIVE, a.
- Not productive; barren. Burke.
- More generally, not producing large crops; not making profitable returns for labor; as, unproductive land.
- Not profitable; not producing profit or interest; as capital; as, unproductive funds or stock.
- Not efficient; not producing any effect.
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