Definition of Nonproductive

1. Adjective. Not directly productive. "Nonproductive labor"

Similar to: Unproductive

Definition of Nonproductive

1. Adjective. Not productive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonproductive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonproductive

nonprobabilistic
nonprobable
nonprobative
nonproblem
nonproblems
nonprocedural
nonprocedurally
nonprocessable
nonprocessed
nonprocrastinating
nonprocreative
nonproducer
nonproducers
nonproducing
nonproduction
nonproductive (current term)
nonproductivity
nonprofane
nonprofessional
nonprofessionalism
nonprofessionally
nonprofessionals
nonprofessor
nonprofessorial
nonprofessors
nonproficiency
nonproficient
nonprofit
nonprofitable
nonprofits

Literary usage of Nonproductive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 20th Century Bookkeeping and Accounting: A Treatise on Modern Bookkeeping by James Williams Baker (1918)
"With reference to the method of distribution, labor is divided into two classes, productive and nonproductive. § 305. Productive Labor refers to the labor ..."

2. Cost-keeping for Manufactoring Plants by Sterling Haight Bunnell (1911)
"CHAPTER IX THE CLASSIFICATION OF nonproductive EXPENSE ONE principle of factory work, as distinguished from production by isolated workers, ..."

3. Essentials of Industrial Costing by George Simpson Armstrong (1921)
"nonproductive, or indirect, lahor is always found in one form or another. Yard labor, trucking labor, storeroom labor, millwright and repair, machine-shop ..."

4. Factory and office administration by Lee Galloway (1917)
"The so-called nonproductive labor has been reduced to the minimum. Such managers, however, lose sight of the fact that the brain energy—namely, the planning ..."

5. The Purposes of the Indebtedness of American Cities 1880-1912 by Fred Emerson Clark (1916)
"... in causing its decline in the North Central section.1 B. DEBTS FOE nonproductive PURPOSES In this examination of the loans for nonproductive purposes it ..."

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