PRODUCTIVE Antonyms

• not directly productive

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• not bearing offspring

• completely wanting or lacking

• unproductive of success

• producing no result or effect

• unproductive of success

• not in action or at work

• the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling

• without a basis in reason or fact

• not in active use

• silly or trivial

• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

• not yielding a return

• not having a job

• run disconnected or idle

• be idle; exist in a changeless situation

• (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

• (military) not involved in military operations

• not exerting influence or change

• (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct

• lacking in energy or will

• lacking activity; lying idle or unused

• not engaged in full-time work

• not active physically or mentally

• (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert

• not in physical motion

• producing little or no profit or gain

• having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

• tending to squander and waste

• inefficient in use of time and effort and materials

• laying waste

• exceedingly harmful

• deadly or sinister

• tending to hinder the achievement of a goal

• causing destruction or much damage

• extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

• causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin