unproductivenessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈdʌktᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈdəktɪvnᵻs/ The fact or quality of being unproductive; lack of productivity. Cf. unproductivity n.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun]
unavailableness1548
inutility1598
disuse1628
disserviceableness1635
uselessness1641
improfitablenessa1643
unusefulness1694
good-for-nothingness1740
non-utility1775
unproductiveness1777
valuelessness1830
unprofiting1867
servicelessness1874
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > infertility
barrennessa1425
sterility1426
poorness1577
infertility1610
leanness1612
scarceness1678
unproductiveness1777
rammel1795
unproductivity1872
unfertility1888
1777 R. Price Addit. Observ. Civil Liberty iii. i. 116 The unproductiveness of the taxes.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. iv. 177 Any particular ingredient which is the cause of their unproductiveness.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 343 The unhealthiness and unproductiveness of marshes.
1921 Sugar Oct. 564/1 The purpose of this article is to point out the causes of unproductiveness in arid soil.
2012 J. Woiceshyn How to be Profitable & Moral v. 53 How do you guard against unproductiveness, inaction and drifting?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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