nonproducing

adjective

non·pro·duc·ing | \ ˌnän-prə-ˈdü-siŋ

, -prō-, -ˈdyü-\

Definition of nonproducing

: not making, manufacturing, or yielding anything : not producing nonproducing wells nonproducing vegetation

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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, "Building Codes for Bacterial Cities," 25 July 2017

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