After years of overgrazing, the once lush pastureland became unproductive, forcing farmers to seek alternative livelihoods.
经过多年的过度放牧，曾经茂盛的牧场变得无生产力，迫使农民寻求其他生计。
Which choice best defines “unproductive”?
B — Not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities. “unproductive” means not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.
Which word means “not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities”?
D — unproductive. “unproductive” means not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities.
unproductive — not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities. In Chinese: 无生产力的.
unproductive is pronounced /ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪv/.
After years of overgrazing, the once lush pastureland became unproductive, forcing farmers to seek alternative livelihoods. (经过多年的过度放牧，曾经茂盛的牧场变得无生产力，迫使农民寻求其他生计。)
barren, fruitless, ineffective — all close in meaning to unproductive (not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities).
productive, fertile — each the opposite of unproductive (not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities).
Yes. unproductive is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.