productiveness

pro·duc·tive  (pr-dktv, pr-)

adj.

1. Producing or capable of producing.

2. Producing abundantly; fertile. See Synonyms at fertile.

3. Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive.

4. Economics Of or involved in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth or value.

5. Effective in achieving specified results; originative: policies productive of much harm.

6. Medicine

a. Producing mucus or sputum: a productive cough.

b. Forming new tissue: a productive inflammation.

7. Linguistics

a. Of or relating to the linguistic skills of speaking and writing.

b. Of or relating to a linguistic element or rule that can be used to form further examples of a particular feature or pattern. The English past tense suffix -ed is productive since it continues to be added to new verbs to form the past tense.

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pro·ductive·ly adv.

pro·ductive·ness n.

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Noun

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productiveness - the quality of being productive or having the power to produce productivity fruitfulness, fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth unproductiveness - the quality of lacking the power to produce