nonproductive labor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And if they are focusing on things that are nonproductive, which is what they're doing now, then, you know, Madeleine is somewhere. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2007] Reference
He isn't in jail, of course; Mars can't afford that kind of nonproductive luxury. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Ten Worlds]
But as long as the selection of "nonproductive" employees is performance-based, we avoid major morale hits. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Doctoroff: China vs. Japan: Two Cultures, Two Responses to Crisis] Reference
Last session, lawmakers changed the Green Acres law so land considered "nonproductive" no longer qualifies. From Wordnik.com. [kstp.com - MORE NEWS] Reference
Republicans have become baseless and nonproductive. From Wordnik.com. [Gibbs: Obama to focus on 'specific' ideas for health reform] Reference
Most everything running through my head was nonproductive. From Wordnik.com. [Along Came a Spider]
As for gambling being a totally nonproductive activity. From Wordnik.com. [Heads you win, and they do, too (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
Republicans have become baseless and nonproductive. markus. From Wordnik.com. [Tea Party Express takes aim at lawmakers] Reference
"I don't want to get into a nonproductive debate," he says. From Wordnik.com. [At Some Colleges,] Reference
" It ' s a nonproductive use of a person, " says Mr. Miller. From Wordnik.com. [Reception Getting Unfriendly Greeting] Reference
That is to say, subsidizing nonproductive agricultural activity. From Wordnik.com. [Briefing By Staff Members On Trade] Reference
To use one of your favorite phrases, that would be nonproductive. From Wordnik.com. [Fatal Tide]
New, nonproductive jobs were as important as those more traditional. From Wordnik.com. [Eve's Rib]
Last week Reilly disclosed that the first tests had been "nonproductive.". From Wordnik.com. [A Murder Case That Will Not Die] Reference
Non-product, however, and nonproductive are definitely not the same thing. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Henes: Sleep Ritual: A Day In Bed] Reference
I put it aside and reminded myself not to play that type of nonproductive game. From Wordnik.com. [June 2010] Reference
There's nothing insane about favoring productive activities over nonproductive ones. From Wordnik.com. [Heads you win, and they do, too (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
I really despise nonproductive people who just waste the precious time they are given. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » On a conference call] Reference
They have to take money from productive individuals and spend it in a nonproductive way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2009] Reference
Games are at root nonproductive expressions of joyful, playful, competitive cooperation. From Wordnik.com. ['A Short History of Celebrity'] Reference
But I will say this, that it is productive as opposed to nonproductive in terms of lending. From Wordnik.com. [Briefing By Bentsen And Rubin] Reference
Investors feel good and start pulling their money out of nonproductive assets such as gold. From Wordnik.com. [What Grows An Economy?] Reference
I see the families as well as responsible officials caught up in this nonproductive confusion. From Wordnik.com. [Collins, Thomas E. III] Reference
Sure, except what we've completed could be regarded as a supremely arbitrary, nonproductive task. From Wordnik.com. [Battle With 'Gamer Regret' Never Ceases] Reference
In other words, this move toward many industries, a good part of the move, has become nonproductive. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO ADDRESSES PLENUM OF BASIC INDUSTRY WORKER] Reference
These independent sheep yield a good wool in mountainous terrain that would otherwise be nonproductive. From Wordnik.com. [1 Microcattle] Reference
Lawyers here cause a nonproductive 25% increase in the price of health care simply for defensive medicine. From Wordnik.com. [China Is One Extreme, U.S. Is Another] Reference
Slavery is economically unsound, nonproductive, but men drift into it whenever the circumstances compel it. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
He writes, "After the two nonproductive games against the Jets, Ochocinco should change his name to Osostinco.". From Wordnik.com. [Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories] Reference
Nevertheless, I believe that in the next 15 years we can transfer many human resources from nonproductive areas. From Wordnik.com. [7TH SESSION OF THE ANPP] Reference
Symptoms of flu include fever over 100°F, a nonproductive (dry) cough, severe headaches, muscle aches, and fatigue. From Wordnik.com. [Is it flu…or a cold or allergy?] Reference
Maybe larger companies can absorb the nonproductive time, but I would guess most small businesses just can't afford it. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Wilson Solovic: Social Media in the Workplace: Reasonableness Standard] Reference
So it is in fact important that we continue to pressure them to play a productive role in Iraq, not a nonproductive one. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2008] Reference
And we'll have to wait to see and measure the extent to which these leads turn out to be either productive or nonproductive. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2001] Reference
His life had become a nonproductive cycle of whoring, drinking, gambling, fighting, riding bulls-Winning money, spending it. From Wordnik.com. [Texas! Chase]
Light-colored nonproductive earths of the North growing skimpy conifer trees or poor crops don't contain very many microorganisms. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
Blight-related newsgroups continued to babble about the catastrophe, but the level of nonproductive rehashing was steadily increasing. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
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