pro•duc•ti•nate
{proh-DUHK-tuh-neyt, pruh-}, IPA /proʊˈdəktəˌneɪt, prə-/
verb, -nat•ed, -nat•ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to defer one action by performing another, less important or less timely action; delay by doing something somewhat productive: to productinate until the last minute.
–verb (used with object)
2. to put off one thing till another day or time by doing another, relatively less productive, but still productive nonetheless, thing; defer by means of performing a task of less priority; delay by doing something somewhat productive.
Origin:
Compound word from English procrastinate (verb) and productive (adjective), i.e. to productively procrastinate.
Related forms:
pro•duc•ti•nat•ing•ly, pro•duc•ti•nat•ive•ly, adverb
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tion, noun
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tive, pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅to⋅ry {proh-duhk-tuh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, pruh-}, IPA /proʊˈdəktənəˌtɔri, -ˌtoʊri, prə-/, adjective
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tive⋅ness, noun
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tor, noun
{proh-DUHK-tuh-neyt, pruh-}, IPA /proʊˈdəktəˌneɪt, prə-/
verb, -nat•ed, -nat•ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to defer one action by performing another, less important or less timely action; delay by doing something somewhat productive: to productinate until the last minute.
–verb (used with object)
2. to put off one thing till another day or time by doing another, relatively less productive, but still productive nonetheless, thing; defer by means of performing a task of less priority; delay by doing something somewhat productive.
Origin:
Compound word from English procrastinate (verb) and productive (adjective), i.e. to productively procrastinate.
Related forms:
pro•duc•ti•nat•ing•ly, pro•duc•ti•nat•ive•ly, adverb
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tion, noun
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tive, pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅to⋅ry {proh-duhk-tuh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, pruh-}, IPA /proʊˈdəktənəˌtɔri, -ˌtoʊri, prə-/, adjective
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tive⋅ness, noun
pro⋅duc⋅ti⋅na⋅tor, noun
I productinated for my philosophy paper that's due tomorrow by paying my bills online for next month.
by Master Productinator April 15, 2009
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Brenda: Why won’t IE open this site?
Tim: The productivity throttling controls are misconfigured to arbitrarily disable TLS connections in IE. Go into Tools and enable TLS connections.
The productivity throttling controls won’t allow Firefox to get a critical update that addresses a vulnerability. Now I need to download the update and manually install. What a waste of time.
My workstation is churning away because of having to scan the large email attachment that I received. Because of the productivity throttling controls, I am unable to even switch tabs in my web browser.
Bill: Websense is prohibiting me from downloading a library I need to complete this work.
Me: We’ll let customer wait another day for the deliverable while I bypass the productivity throttling controls by downloading the library at home tonight and supplying to you on a USB tomorrow.
Tim: The productivity throttling controls are misconfigured to arbitrarily disable TLS connections in IE. Go into Tools and enable TLS connections.
The productivity throttling controls won’t allow Firefox to get a critical update that addresses a vulnerability. Now I need to download the update and manually install. What a waste of time.
My workstation is churning away because of having to scan the large email attachment that I received. Because of the productivity throttling controls, I am unable to even switch tabs in my web browser.
Bill: Websense is prohibiting me from downloading a library I need to complete this work.
Me: We’ll let customer wait another day for the deliverable while I bypass the productivity throttling controls by downloading the library at home tonight and supplying to you on a USB tomorrow.
by sutch December 9, 2010
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