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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It was a very unproductive meeting.
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It was one of those unproductive confrontations between students and senior members of the university.
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The meeting was long and noisy, but unproductive .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a consequence land has become unproductive as unpalatable weeds have replaced nutritious fodder.
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Cabinet meetings had grown so unproductive and depressing that we had to plead with the President to schedule them.
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Even after an unproductive third quarter, the Raiders still led 14-13.
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It could hardly be said that Mrs Bush had led a frivolous or unproductive life.
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Lots of smart people are interested in the problems of unhealthy and unproductive workplaces and what to do about them.
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Some departments achieve very high publication figures, whereas others turn out large numbers of unproductive researchers.
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That is to say that savings are a function of the rate of profit and unproductive consumption.
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To suggest that all unproductive consumption is solely capitalist personal consumption is to go beyond the bounds of credibility.