as in worthless
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonproductive
Adjective
-
Thing is… Matty realizes, too late, that Senior quietly moved to bankrupt his developer client, making the settlement that Robert agreed to literally worthless (though other claimants will be made whole).Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
-
In all likelihood Trump would manage to sell only a portion of his shares before the rest became effectively worthless with the stock bottoming out.Paolo Confino, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
Adjective
-
The frightening concoction is the same for all legacy media companies that rely on traditional pay-TV for the bulk of their revenue: Cable subscribers are dropping by the millions each year, and streaming – as a replacement service – is either unprofitable or barely profitable.Alex Sherman, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
-
This led to the elimination of nearly $40 million worth of unprofitable product sales.Robert Gorin, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
-
But some of those allusions to unproductive mornings and squinting unpreparedness belie an unease with the endeavor of book reviewing itself.Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
-
Even missing just a few hours of sleep can turn the most stable person into a grumpy, unproductive mess the next day.Valentina Bottoni, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
-
Attempts to reach Board of Elections officials about Ike's case Tuesday night were unsuccessful.Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
-
Momentum then seemed to stall, and Meta filed an unsuccessful motion to dismiss.Adriana Lee, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
-
That aggressive pursuit seems especially pointless in the (still very cryptic) big picture scope that Tsuta displays — the film transporting into 35mm color film, widescreen landscape shots showing dilapidated buildings and other dead things while the rest of nature carries on.Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
-
It’s being kept around after in a pointless fashion.Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
-
Some of the waste is for procedures that are essentially useless.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
-
Jim and Tabitha get into a pretty useless yelling match about how each is behaving.Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Adjective
-
The abortive investigation was overseen by Ralph Barrington, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department at the Essex Police.Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
-
The novel’s denouement finds Lucy planning to stay on the farm to raise her child and David, humbled by an abortive attempt to return to Cape Town, working in the animal shelter near her property.Lauren LeBlanc, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
Adjective
-
The position advanced by the states is legally unavailing as a matter of longstanding and well-established law.WSJ, WSJ, 25 July 2018
-
Efforts to aid him with lifeboats, three of which were ineffectually trying to breast the heavy sea, were unavailing, while a lifeline, held by a number of rescuers, was carried far out into the surf by a number of swimmers.sandiegouniontribune.com, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 May 2018
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share