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Meanwhile, Obama proposes increasing taxes on the "wealthy", which I might also refer to as the productive, to use less class centered language.

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  1. adjective Producing or capable of producing.
  2. adjective Producing abundantly; fertile. See Synonyms at fertile.
  3. adjective Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive.
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  • Any overt action will be counter-productive, and it will also not succeed in causing any damage to the terror infrastructure. —  Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.
  • It made us feel useful, productive, and appreciated. —  WordPress.com News
  • Another example would be a toy shop running a special "lunchtime craze" deal to try to increase sales during that time of day; advertising after the event is not very useful and may even be counter-productive, as it's disappointing for people to realize that the promotion hours are over. —  AdWords API Blog
  • Then from San Francisco to Chicago to New York and home, I could access use my Wireless Wide Area PC card and be productive --- anywhere I have wireless coverage, anywhere I can make a phone call. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • It promises to be the most non-productive, morale busting gathering ever. —  Inside Music Media
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  1. = French productif = Spanish Portuguese productivo = Italian produttivo, from Latin productivus, serving to produce or prolong, from producere, past participle productus, lead forth, produce: see produce, product.
 

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