noncontributing
Adding nothing useful
Noncontributing describes something that doesn't add to or support a larger effort, fund, or purpose.
A noncontributing member of a pension plan isn't making payments into it.
In historic preservation, a noncontributing building is one within a historic district that lacks the architectural or historical significance of its surroundings: The 1970s gas station was listed as noncontributing to the district.
Failing to achieve results
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
- uselessWithout practical value
- worthlessLacking any value
futile · unhelpful · barren · sterile · profitless · unavailing · bootless · valueless
Not currently functioning
- uninvolvedNot taking part
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- dormantInactive but capable
nonparticipating · sidelined · unengaged · detached · withdrawn · spectating · bystander · onlooker
Not pertinent or essential
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
tangential · inessential · incidental · nonessential · unrelated · negligible · ancillary · supplementary
Without electoral say
- abstainingVoluntarily doing without
- voicelessHaving no voice
- silentProducing no sound
- muteWithout voice or sound
unexpressed · unvoiced · withheld · reserved · reticent · uncommunicative · nonresponsive · unspoken
unproductive
Failing to achieve results
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
- uselessWithout practical value
worthless · futile · unhelpful · barren · sterile · profitless · unavailing · bootless · valueless · pointless
inactive
Not currently functioning
- uninvolvedNot taking part
- disengagedNot participating or invested
- idleWithout activity or purpose
dormant · nonparticipating · sidelined · unengaged · detached · withdrawn · spectating · bystander · onlooker · passive
extraneous
Not pertinent or essential
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
peripheral · tangential · inessential · incidental · nonessential · unrelated · negligible · ancillary · supplementary · dispensable
nonvoting
Without electoral say
- abstainingVoluntarily doing without
- voicelessHaving no voice
- silentProducing no sound
mute · unexpressed · unvoiced · withheld · reserved · reticent · uncommunicative · nonresponsive · unspoken · tacit
noncontributingcontributing
Giving to a cause
participatory · giving · active · donating · paying
distribute, attribute, contribute, contribution, contributor, tributary, contributing, retribution