Dead and Unproductive

Dead

Dead adjective - Producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation.
Usage example: the dead wastes of the far country to the west

Unproductive and dead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unproductive" instead an adjective "Dead".

Nearby Word: deadly

Unproductive

Unproductive adjective - Producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation.
Usage example: crop rotation had prevented the farmland from becoming unproductive

Dead and unproductive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Unproductive".
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