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Unproductive vs Unused - What's the difference?

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Unproductive is a related term of unused.


As adjectives the difference between unproductive and unused

is that unproductive is not productive; useless; fruitless while unused is not used.

unproductive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not productive; useless; fruitless.
  • :Juggling is an amusing pastime, but generally unproductive .

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    unused

    English

    Usage notes

    The second pronunciation () pronunciation, which is acceptable for either sense and is normally used for the "not used" sense in all registers.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not used
    • I have two unused vouchers for a free meal.
  • not accustomed
    • I am unused to the dark nights of the countryside.

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