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😴 Not hardworking 🏜️ No industry
unindustrious

unindustrious

8.5
Having little industry or few factories
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnɪnˈdʌstriəs/
translation icon : no industrializado
  • Because the region was unindustrious, job opportunities in manufacturing were very limited.

Examples

  • Many rural areas are still unindustrious and depend on agriculture for their economy.

  • The country remained unindustrious despite efforts to attract foreign investment.

  • The region remains unindustrious due to a lack of resources.

  • Many rural areas are unindustrious compared to urban centers.

  • The country remained unindustrious despite efforts to attract foreign investment.

  • Because the region was unindustrious, job opportunities in manufacturing were very limited.

  • Many rural areas are still unindustrious and depend on agriculture for their economy.

Synonyms

unindustrialized
vsunindustrious
7.0

A country or area that does not have many factories to make goods

is a general label for lacking significant industry rather than applying only to regions
nonindustrial
vsunindustrious
5.5

A community without large factories or heavy manufacturing

focuses on lacking significant industry or development rather than only lacking advanced manufacturing

Antonyms

industrialized
20 4.0

A country or area with many factories that make goods

How Industrialized

industrial
520 3.2
unindustrious
8.5
rural
392 2.5

Surface Forms

unindustrious positive

Morphology

unindustrious = industrious (opaque) = un + industry + ous

This sense treats 'unindustrious' as 'lacking industry' (industrial activity), which does not follow from the usual adjective 'industrious' meaning 'hardworking', so the semantic link is misleading.

Etymology

Unindustrious is formed from un- 'not' plus industry, which can mean 'factories' or 'business' as well as 'work'. So a place described as unindustrious is one that does not have much industry or many factories.