underproductive

Examples

• All

• The team struggled to meet deadlines because they were underproductive during the busy season.

• At its heart, the problem of underproductive partners is one of age demographics.

  Academic text (1998)

• A greenhouse is very important in increasing produce on your farm as well as turning the underproductive into a reproductive one.

  Blog text (17)

• Children with these negative health indicators too often become unhealthy adults, thereby being unreliable and underproductive members of the workforce (American Association of School Administrators AASA, 1990; Carnegie Council, 1989; Luneau, 1992).

  Academic text (1993)

• She felt underproductive after a week of working without achieving her goals.

• His underproductive approach to studying resulted in low grades this semester.

Synonyms

I

inadequate

vsunderproductive

120 4.4

Not enough or not good enough to do what is needed

produces less output than needed to reach the standard

I

ineffective

vsunderproductive

83 3.4

Not working well enough to give the wanted result

produces a smaller amount even if some results occur

I

insufficient

vsunderproductive

81 3.6

Not enough in amount or quality to meet a need

produces a smaller amount than required or normally expected

I

inefficient

vsunderproductive

57 3.5

Not using time, work, or money well

produces less because resources are used poorly rather than lacking output

F

fruitless

vsunderproductive

23 4.8

Not giving the results you want

produces less quantity rather than fully failing to achieve the goal

U

unproductive

vsunderproductive

20 3.8

Not giving useful or wanted results

produces noticeably less output than expected or needed

S

suboptimal

vsunderproductive

3 5.6

Less good than the best choice

produces less than normal amount rather than just lower quality

N

nonproductive

vsunderproductive

2 4.5

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

produces less quantity of output rather than failing entirely

U

unworking

vsunderproductive

7.2

Not producing the intended result

produces less output rather than simply failing to have effect

Antonyms

P

productive

307 3.5

Able to do a lot and get useful results

O

overproductive

1 5.8

A farm, factory, or environment that makes more than needed and causes harm

How Productive

prolific

42 7.2

productive

307 3.5

underproductive

1 5.4

unproductive

20 3.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology