productiveness

pro·duc·tive

P0581100 (prə-dŭk′tĭv, prō-)adj.1. Producing or capable of producing crops, goods, or services, especially in abundance: a productive stretch of land; a productive employee.2. Marked by abundant production or achievement: a productive career. See Synonyms at fertile.3. Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive: a productive suggestion.4. Economics Of or involved in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth or value.5. Effective in achieving specified results; originative. Used with of: policies productive of much harm.6. Medicine a. Producing mucus or sputum: a productive cough.b. Forming new tissue: a productive inflammation.7. Linguistics a. Of or relating to the linguistic skills of speaking and writing.b. Of or relating to a linguistic element or rule that can be used to form further examples of a particular feature or pattern. The English past tense suffix -ed is productive since it continues to be added to new verbs to form the past tense.

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pro·duc′tive·ly adv.pro·duc′tive·ness n.

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productiveness - the quality of being productive or having the power to produceproductivityfruitfulness, fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growthunproductiveness - the quality of lacking the power to produce

productiveness

nounThe quality or state of being fertile:fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness, productivity, prolificacy, prolificness, richness.