unproductive
Example Sentences
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Tens of thousands of unproductive and unplugged oil wells have been abandoned across California — many of which continue to leak potentially explosive methane or toxic benzene.
From Los Angeles Times
The White House is wary about getting drawn into unproductive negotiations.
Afterward, Danish officials characterized the meeting as unproductive because of a “fundamental” difference with the United States.
From Salon
The best news of all is about the place where jobs were not created at all—at one particularly unproductive and highly indebted enterprise.
But he observed that team members often seemed mentally exhausted and unproductive by Friday.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
