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nonproducing

nonproducing

5.2
Not making useful things or results
  • adjective
  • /nɒnprəˈdjuːsɪŋ/
translation icon : no productivo
  • Not included in this number were smaller, nonproducing structures such as well jackets and caissons.

Examples

  • The company had several nonproducing assets that were not generating any income.

  • Investors were worried about the nonproducing sections of the factory that were not being utilized.

  • The researcher highlighted the issue of nonproducing resources that failed to contribute to development.

Synonyms

unproductive
vsnonproducing
21 3.8

Not giving useful or wanted results

is about inability to make anything, not just missing expected results or goals
nonproductive
vsnonproducing
2 4.5

Not giving useful results or helping to finish work, like a meeting

is about being unable to make anything rather than only failing to assist making goods
non-yielding
vsnonproducing
7.4

Not producing any useful result or profit

is unable to make anything at all, not only failing to give returns

Antonyms

production
304 2.7

Making goods or services on a large scale

How Productive

prolific
41 7.2
productive
293 3.5
unproductive
21 3.8
inactive
11 2.5
nonproducing
5.2

Surface Forms

nonproducing positive

Morphology

nonproducing = producing (transparent) = non + produce + ing

The meaning is a straightforward negation of 'producing' using the productive prefix 'non-', so learners who know 'produce/producing' can derive it.

Etymology

Nonproducing joins the prefix non- ('not') and produce ('to make'), the same produce you buy in a shop as fruits and vegetables. So nonproducing means 'not making' or not giving goods, results, or resources.