unproductively

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English

Etymology

From unproductive +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unproductively (comparative more unproductively, superlative most unproductively)

  1. In an unproductive manner.
    • 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XX, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. , volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, , 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
      He did not come however. Anne sometimes fancied she discerned him at a distance, but he never came. The anxious interval wore away unproductively.

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