underproductive

underproductive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Italic *pro-
Late Latin prō-
Proto-Indo-European *dewk-
Proto-Indo-European *déwkti
Proto-Italic *doukō
Late Latin dūcō
Late Latin prōdūcō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Late Latin -īvus
Late Latin prōductīvusbor.
English productive
English underproductive

    From under- + productive.

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    Adjective

    underproductive (comparative more underproductive, superlative most underproductive)

    1. Insufficiently productive.
      • 2007 December 13, Ian Fisher, “In a Funk, Italy Sings an Aria of Disappointment”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Doubt clouds the family itself: 70 percent of Italians between 20 and 30 still live at home, condemning the young to an extended and underproductive adolescence.
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