underproductive
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From under- + productive.
Adjective
[edit]underproductive (comparative more underproductive, superlative most underproductive)
- 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.