nonproductive
Example Sentences
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Buy-now-pay-later products can be “a nonproductive way to build credit,” Patel said, “especially if you can qualify for a credit card.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
“While I agree that we need to remove nonproductive turf … when I think of waste, I think about it more in the sense of agriculture, since that’s where we could get the most savings.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2022
He wrote that Mr. Biden was still experiencing a runny nose and fatigue, and that he had an “occasional nonproductive, now ‘loose’ cough.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
A viral infection may be productive, resulting in new virions, or nonproductive, which means that the virus remains inside the cell without producing new virions.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
As I have said time and again, the city itself is nonproductive, and cannot supply its own food.
From Down with the Cities by Tadashi Nakashima
