Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

169. Unproductiveness — N. unproductiveness &c adj.; infertility,

sterility, infecundity†; masturbation; impotence &c 158; unprofitableness &c (inutility) 645. waste, desert, Sahara, wild, wilderness, howling wilderness. V. be unproductive &c adj.; hang fire, flash in the pan, come to nothing. [make unproductive] sterilize, addle; disable, inactivate. Adj. unproductive, acarpous†, inoperative, barren, addled, infertile, unfertile, unprolific†, arid, sterile, unfruitful, infecund†; sine prole; fallow; teemless†, issueless†, fruitless; unprofitable &c (useless) 645; null and void, of no effect.