improductive

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English

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Etymology

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From im- +‎ productive.

Adjective

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improductive (comparative more improductive, superlative most improductive)

  1. (rare, chiefly non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of unproductive.
    • 1816, The Monthly Magazine:
      But, as the principal of the loan, or, if you will, the capital lent, is generally consumed in consequence of this transfer, public loans produce an improductive consumption, a destruction of capital.

French

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Adjective

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improductive

  1. feminine singular of improductif