different between unproductive vs basketweaving

unproductive

English

Etymology

un- +? productive

Pronunciation

Adjective

unproductive (comparative more unproductive, superlative most unproductive)

  1. Not productive; useless; fruitless.
    Juggling is an amusing pastime, but generally unproductive.
  2. (linguistics, of affixes, mechanisms of word formation, etc) No longer used to produce new words (see examples).

Synonyms

  • nonproductive
  • unyieldly

Translations

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basketweaving

English

Etymology

basket +? weaving

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?bæsk.?t?w?iv.??/, /?bæsk.?t?w?iv.??/

Noun

basketweaving (uncountable)

  1. The act of weaving baskets.
  2. Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
    All the classes he takes are basketweaving.

Translations

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