unproductive

Not productive; idle.

Adding nothing to exchangeable value.

Not productive; barren; more especially, not producing large crops; not making profitable returns for labor: as, unproductive land; in political economics, not increasing the quantity or exchangeable value of articles of consumption: as, unproductive labor.

Not producing some specified effect or result: with of: as, acts unproductive of good.

Not productive; useless; fruitless.

not producing or capable of producing

not producing desired results