Antiproductivity

/ˌæntiprɑdəkˈtɪvəti/ noun

Definition

The quality, condition, or rate of hindering, preventing, or reducing productivity and efficient output.

Etymology

From anti- (against) + productivity (capacity for productive output). The -ity suffix creates an abstract noun measuring the degree or extent of antiproductive effects, emerging in late 20th-century economic and organizational discourse.

Kelly Says

Unlike 'antiproductiveness' which describes the property of being antiproductive, 'antiproductivity' frames it as a rate or measurement—economists and managers can now discuss 'levels of antiproductivity' the way they discuss productivity itself.

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