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anti-productive

an·ti-pro·duc·tive
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-tahy, an-tee pruh-duhk-tiv]
    • /ˈæn taɪ, ˈæn ti prəˈdʌk tɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-tahy, an-tee pruh-duhk-tiv]
    • /ˈæn taɪ, ˈæn ti prəˈdʌk tɪv/

Definitions of anti-productive word

  • adjective anti-productive having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort. 1
  • adjective anti-productive producing readily or abundantly; fertile: a productive vineyard. 1
  • adjective anti-productive causing; bringing about (usually followed by of): conditions productive of crime and sin. 1
  • adjective anti-productive Economics. producing or tending to produce goods and services having exchange value. 1
  • adjective anti-productive Grammar. (of derivational affixes or patterns) readily used in forming new words, as the suffix -ness. 1
  • adjective anti-productive (in language learning) of or relating to the language skills of speaking and writing (opposed to receptive). 1

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Origin of anti-productive

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
From the Medieval Latin word productīvus, dating back to 1605-15. See product, -ive

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Parts of speech for Anti-productive

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

anti-productive popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for anti-productive

noun anti-productive

  • aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
  • aridity — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
  • barrenness — not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile: a barren woman.
  • impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
  • ineffectuality — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.

adv anti-productive

  • inefficiently — not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means.

adverb anti-productive

  • barrenly — Unfruitfully; unproductively.
  • fruitlessly — In a fruitless manner.
  • ineffectively — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
  • infertilely — In an infertile manner.

Antonyms for anti-productive

noun anti-productive

  • efficacy — capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness: a remedy of great efficacy.
  • capableness — The state or quality of being capable.

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