unproductive
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definition
adjective
unproductive land must be reforested
not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.
example
I am particularly concerned with the new costs associated with road enclosure permits, especially when these areas of land are often 'unproductive' .
These have been some really 'unproductive' years for me.
We don't need to account for money/time lost on other 'unproductive' activities - we are only monitoring spam's impact.
It is high time the Government worked out an appropriate strategy to divert such investment from 'unproductive' ventures like shebeens to more productive areas.
It seems somewhat bizarre but when I really think about it, not unusual from Labour - that it would want us to encourage 'unproductive' activity but discourage productive activity.
Or, more often, we go about each in an 'unproductive' way.
There are areas on which there are tracts of land which are quite 'unproductive' and which could easily be acquired for plantation with suitable trees.
India faced some hurdles - low PC penetration, the possibility of piracy and the general perception of games as an 'unproductive' activity.
Some government planners anticipate a policy that encourages people to vacate marginal or 'unproductive' land, with the possible end of food assistance as one inducement to relocation.
Taxpayer's money must be spent in the best interest of the citizens in order to satisfy their basic needs, and not on 'unproductive' projects.
Our tax systems need to encourage voluntary compliance, provide efficient service to the taxpayers, eliminate 'unproductive' work and enhance efficiency.
There is also evidence of departure from the traditional approach to job design and the attempted elimination of 'unproductive' activities from job specifications.
Completely wasted my entire day in 'unproductive' activity and left the blasted cluster room hours later seething with frustration and disgust.
When a research program is 'unproductive' for a long period it suggests that something may be wrong with the questions being asked or the methods being used.
They occupied the land and the New Zealand Government allocated only some rather 'unproductive' land to the Moriori.
Our foreign policy in this regard is very clear and we wonder why some rich nations decide to waste their huge resources on 'unproductive' ventures.
In fact all Mayo could manage while assisted by the wind in the second half was three points, the third one by Cora Staunton in the 55th minute to end an 'unproductive' period of fourteen minutes.
Since 1985 hundreds of thousands of peasants have taken it upon themselves to carry out land reform by occupying 'unproductive' land.
And the 'unproductive' periods do seem to correlate somewhat with gloomier moods.
Of course, not all 'unproductive' activities funded by surplus value are necessarily wasteful or parasitic.
Farmers simply saw the marsh as 'unproductive' land that could be used for grazing animals.
Logging concessions are stimulated by the wrong incentives: it is more lucrative to clear forestland for plantations than to plant on open and 'unproductive' land.
However, the process was 'unproductive' and Avril was not satisfied with the songs because they did not feel right.
What could be a nicer way to spend an idle day - and being career leftists, it is safe to assume most of their days are 'unproductive' - than preening and posturing in the dock while reporters take down their every egomaniacal word?
The American military initially found the South as a convenient locale of large amounts of 'unproductive' land that could be converted into training facilities.
In fact, the 'unproductive' vast amount of agricultural set-aside land could be used to grow oil-seed rape to feed all types of engines.
You rarely waste energies on 'unproductive' activities.
He went on to explain that the previous bubble was caused by borrowing low-cost capital for investment in 'unproductive' activities, particularly for speculative purposes.
We get to the office full of high resolve, only to watch the minutes and hours dribble away in 'unproductive' activity.
In the middle of an acrimonious divorce - about which he seems in turns indifferent and volatile - Rainey spends most of his time sleeping, staring 'unproductively' at his computer screen and talking to his dog.
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