productive

[pruh-duhk-tiv] / prəˈdʌk tɪv /

ADJECTIVE

fruitful, creative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advantageous beneficial constructive dynamic effective energetic fertile gratifying profitable prolific rewarding useful valuable vigorous worthwhile

STRONG

generative

WEAK

fecund gainful inventive plentiful producing rich teeming

Antonyms

STRONGEST

barren disadvantageous fruitless hurting idle impotent inactive lethargic unhelpful unproductive useless valueless weak worthless

WEAK

unfruitful

Example Sentences

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“Insecurity has resulted in the loss of access to productive land and local food production,” said Patrick Andrey, Congo country director at Action Against Hunger, a New York-based charity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pragmatists argue the workforce will simply become more productive with artificial intelligence, creating more value with minimal job cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Explorers scouring the lakeside soon discovered other, even more productive fields.

From Los Angeles Times

Which of their children would get the land with the hills, and which would get the most productive ground?

From The Wall Street Journal

Many of the region’s most productive housing factories are located in Idaho.

From Los Angeles Times

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