All nonproductive synonyms

adjective nonproductive

• young — being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
• impotent — not potent; lacking power or ability.
• sterile — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
• fertile — bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific: fertile soil.
• barren — A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
• depleted — reduced or exhausted
• drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
• effete — lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent: an effete, overrefined society.
• exhausted — Drained of one's physical or mental resources; very tired.
• impoverished — reduced to poverty.
• infecund — not fecund; unfruitful; barren.
• unbearing — the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures: a man of dignified bearing.
• unfruitful — not providing satisfaction; unprofitable: unfruitful efforts.
• unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
• fruitless — useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
• infertile — not fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren: infertile soil.