单词 | unproductivity |
释义 | unproductivityn. Lack or absence of productivity. ΘΚΠ 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 1872 A. R. Parsons tr. R. Wagner Beethoven 121 They are able to perceive only, and precisely, as much as is necessary to make their own unproductivity [Ger. Unproduktivität] explicable to them. 1888 19th Cent. June 836 The unproductivity of the soil. 1915 E. C. Parker Field Managem. & Crop Rotation i. 18 Working land to a condition of unproductivity and then abandoning it to nature. 2008 Church Times 30 May 25/1 Journalists on national papers are now expected to write about three times as many words as they were 20 years ago, and this is clearly a way to increase unproductivity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1872 |
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