UNPRODUC'TIVE, adjective 1. Not productive; barren. 2. More generally, not producing large crops; not making profitable returns for labor; as unproductive land. 3. Not profitable; not producing profit or interest; as capital; as unproductive funds or stock. 4. Not efficient; not producing any effect.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI