nonproductive

1. 1.

   not directly productive

   “nonproductive labor”

   Similarunproductive

Questions about nonproductive

What does nonproductive mean?

nonproductive means "not directly productive".

How many syllables are in nonproductive?

nonproductive has 4 syllables: non-pro-duc-tive. The stress falls on "duc". In IPA it is /ˌnɑnpɹəˈdʌktɪv/.

Is nonproductive a common word?

nonproductive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nonproductive?

8 words rhyme with nonproductive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.