One word, one everyday story

Culture · Create free account · Log in · Feedback

Teaching entries and general reference records are shown separately. Independent language review of teaching entries is pending.

unproductive

/ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/

Original teaching content · provenance and version

Example recordings passed technical checks; use the rating controls to flag pronunciation quality.

English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

1 · adj.

failing to produce useful results

没有成果的；低效的

Read the example to see unproductive in context.

The meeting became unproductive after the discussion lost focus.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

Is this recording accurate and natural?

讨论失去焦点后，会议变得没有成效。
Mandarin pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

Is this recording accurate and natural?

Share this public expression

Connect this word to your life

Pronunciation: /ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/

Try using this word in a sentence of your own; you may skip this.