unproductive
adj. 不毛的; 沒有產物的,沒有收益的; 非生產性的; 徒然的,沒有效果的
Something that is unproductive does not produce any good results.
Research workers are well aware that much of their time and effort is unproductive.
研究人員很清楚,他們的很多時間和精力全都是白費。
...increasingly unproductive land.
越來越貧瘠的土地
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.
政客們喜歡未調整的GDP,因為它把有產出和沒產出的成本都算上了, 從而神奇的變廢為寶.
Whoever contributes nothing directly or indirectly to production, is an unproductive consumer.
誰對生產既沒有直接貢獻也沒有間接貢獻, 誰就是非生產性消費者.
His own personality cult was and is a literally monumental weight of unproductive spending.
他營造的對其個人的崇拜,曾是(也仍是)國家的重負,消耗大量非生產性支出.
Shifting gears when relationships are unproductive.
改變無效關係的變通方式.
One quarter of the country is reckoned as unproductive.
該國四分之一的土地被認為是不毛之地.