5
unavailable(adjective, stupid, idle, inadequate, product)
4
arid(adjective, unproductiveness)
4
inadequate(adjective, weak, limited, feeble, useless)
4
infecund(adjective, unproductiveness)
4
of no effect(expression, idiom, failure, unproductiveness)
4
thankless(adjective, difficult, unsatisfactory, trying, unappreciated)
4
unfertile(adjective, empty, unproductive, sterile, infertile)
4
unprolific(adjective, product, unproductiveness)
4
unusable(adjective, weak, stupid, useless, impractical)
3
acarpous
3
childless
3
forlorn(adjective, hopeless, inconsolable)
3
hopeless(adjective, stupid, idle, useless, trivial)
3
inefficient(adjective, weak, failure, inferior, inadequate)
3
jejune
3
nonfunctional(adjective, weak, stupid, idle, useless)
3
nonproductive
3
stillborn
3
trivial(adjective, stupid, insignificant, useless, empty)
3
unserviceable(adjective, useless, impractical, hopeless, inutility)
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