Improductive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Misconstruction of unproductive. alt-of, misconstruction, rare

    "But, as the principal of the loan, or, if you will, the capital lent, is generally consumed in consequence of this transfer, public loans produce an improductive consumption, a destruction of capital."

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"But, as the principal of the loan, or, if you will, the capital lent, is generally consumed in consequence of this transfer, public loans produce an improductive consumption, a destruction of capital."

Etymology

From im- + productive.

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