unproductiveness
Roget category 169
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.8. Causation
›› 1.8.3. Power in operation
#169.
Unproductiveness
noun
unproductiveness
etc.
adj. —
infertility,
sterility,
infecundity† —
masturbation —
impotence
etc.
158 —
unprofitableness
etc.
(inutility)
645.
waste,
desert,
Sahara,
wild,
wilderness,
howling wilderness.
verb
be unproductive
etc.
adj. —
hang fire,
flash in the pan,
come to nothing.
[make unproductive]
sterilize,
addle —
disable,
inactivate.
adjective
unproductive,
acarpous†,
inoperative,
barren,
addled,
infertile,
unfertile,
unprolific†,
arid,
sterile,
unfruitful,
infecund† —
sine prole —
fallow —
teemless†,
issueless†,
fruitless —
unprofitable
etc.
(useless)
645 —
null and void,
of no effect.
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