Anti productive
having the power of ; generative; creative:
a productive effort.
producing readily or abundantly; fertile:
a productive vineyard.
causing; bringing about (usually followed by of):
conditions productive of crime and sin.
Economics. producing or tending to produce goods and services having exchange value.
Grammar. (of derivational affixes or patterns) readily used in forming new words, as the suffix -ness.
(in language learning) of or relating to the language skills of speaking and writing (opposed to ).
adjective
producing or having the power to produce; fertile
yielding favourable or effective results
(economics)
producing or capable of producing goods and services that have monetary or exchange value: productive assets
of or relating to such production: the productive processes of an industry
(postpositive) foll by of. resulting in: productive of good results
denoting an affix or combining form used to produce new words
adj.
1610s, from French productif (16c.) and directly from Medieval Latin productivus “fit for production,” from Latin product-, past participle stem of producere (see produce (v.)). Related: Productively; productiveness.
productive pro·duc·tive (prə-dŭk’tĭv, prō-)
adj.
Producing or capable of producing mucus or sputum.
Forming new tissue, as of an inflammation.
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