unproductive

Questions about unproductive

What does unproductive mean?

unproductive means "not producing or capable of producing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unproductive?

unproductive has 4 syllables: un-pro-duc-tive. The stress falls on "duc". In IPA it is /ˌʌnpɹəˈdʌktɪv/.

What is the opposite of unproductive?

The recorded antonyms are productive.

Is unproductive a common word?

unproductive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 unproductive?

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