nonproducing

adjective

non·​pro·​duc·​ing ˌnän-prə-ˈdü-siŋ 

-prō-,

-ˈdyü-

: not making, manufacturing, or yielding anything : not producing

nonproducing wells

nonproducing vegetation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

In January 2017, Bassler, Drescher and their colleagues showed that, in simple environments, strains that produce matrix always win out over their nonproducing cousins. —Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above