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单词 unproductivity
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unproductivityn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnprɒdʌkˈtɪvᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənˌproʊdəkˈtɪvᵻdi/, /ˌənˌprɑdəkˈtɪvᵻdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, productivity n.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + productivity n., after unproductive adj.Originally after German Unproduktivität (early 19th cent. or earlier; 1870 in the passage translated in quot. 1872).
Lack or absence of productivity.
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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).
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