"underproductive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underproductive.wav Forms: more underproductive [comparative], most underproductive [superlative]
Etymology: From under- + productive. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|productive}} under- + productive Head templates: {{en-adj}} underproductive (comparative more underproductive, superlative most underproductive)
  1. Insufficiently productive. Related terms: underproductiveness, underproductivity
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