unproductive
adj. 不毛的; 没有产物的,没有收益的; 非生产性的; 徒然的,没有效果的
Something that is unproductive does not produce any good results.
Research workers are well aware that much of their time and effort is unproductive.
研究人员很清楚,他们的很多时间和精力全都是白费。
...increasingly unproductive land.
越来越贫瘠的土地
1. not producing or capable of producing;
2. not producing desired results;
Politicians love uncorrected GDP since it adds up both productive and unproductive costs, magically damagepositive indicator.
政客们喜欢未调整的GDP,因为它把有产出和没产出的成本都算上了, 从而神奇的变废为宝.
Whoever contributes nothing directly or indirectly to production, is an unproductive consumer.
谁对生产既没有直接贡献也没有间接贡献, 谁就是非生产性消费者.
His own personality cult was and is a literally monumental weight of unproductive spending.
他营造的对其个人的崇拜,曾是(也仍是)国家的重负,消耗大量非生产性支出.
Shifting gears when relationships are unproductive.
改变无效关系的变通方式.
One quarter of the country is reckoned as unproductive.
该国四分之一的土地被认为是不毛之地.