unproductiveness

And tardiness was subject to official punishments as a form of unproductiveness.

My frustration was the unproductiveness of the events of Friday and Monday.

They brought them forth in amazing numbers, as if to over- turn all the farmer's beliefs in the unproductiveness of his land.

All too often society stereotypes the elderly, associating them with illness, death, unproductiveness, dependence and vulnerability.

Punished for his outspokenness and unproductiveness early on, Howard has played more of late and played well.

(1) The Appeal Board dismissed the Department's argument about the unproductiveness of the competition.

After the dissolution of that Parliament, Cromwell wrote a letter to a friend joking about its unproductiveness:

In spite of Wally's unproductiveness and lack of ethics, Adams notes that Wally is "effective in his own way."

This problem was compounded by the general "unproductiveness of the South," which not only added to Yugoslavia's economic woes, but also irritated Slovenia and Croatia further.

Classmark:7.11.1536 Hodgskin, Thomas Labour defended against the claims of capital: or, The unproductiveness of capital proved with reference to the present combinations amongst journeymen.

As this fertile country can depend upon three months' periodical rain, from the middle of June until September there is no reason for unproductiveness; it would produce a large revenue if in industrious hands.

When Mr. Powell said he planned to form Ringpull, Mr. Noon, who had briefly had some success as a playwright, was stuck in a rejection-filled stretch of unproductiveness.

This accounts for the comparative unproductiveness as painters of Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein the Younger, and also may explain why Cranach was not especially skilled at handling colour, light, and shade.

An opposing interpretation takes its cue from the slave's final cheeky retort, seeing the Dialogue as social satire, where the servile yet cheeky slave exposes the vacillation and unproductiveness of his aristocratic master through conflicting and clichéd answers.

Mr. Sarney, who spoke in an usually vehement tone, appeared to reflect the businessmen's views when he said that many articles, instead of transforming a new nation like Brazil, "discourage production, scare away capital, are against private initiative and will end up stimulating laziness and unproductiveness."