Unproductive has 4 syllables and the stress is on the third syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | I believe it would be unproductive with regard to the present recovery. | |
| 2. | The retired often feel that they are useless and unproductive. | |
| 3. | These German translators are so unproductive, Tatoeba should delocalise production to Asia! | |
| 4. | This is entirely unproductive. | |
| 5. | Communists generally distinguish between personal property, such as toothbrushes or personal living space, and private property, such as vast swaths of land where buildings are rented out to workers so that the unproductive class can profit off their need for personal living space. | |
| 6. | At first glance the sand seems barren and unproductive. After a while, if you are careful not to kick up sand, you might see tiny benthic communities of tube-building worms come alive as they sweep the passing nutrient rich waters with tentacles to capture food. | |
| 7. | “We're anticipating that fantasy football is going to cost employers this year around $9 billion in lost wages being paid to workers that are otherwise being unproductive participating in fantasy football activities in the office when normally they would be working,” says Andrew Challenger, vice president of outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. | |
| 8. | Self-flagellation is unproductive. | |
| 9. | Today's been unproductive. | |
| 10. | It's been an unproductive day. |