"There are a lot more productive things that state and local governments could have done with this money."
For me, the staged reading of my script was the most productive thing.
It will be easier to keep things calm and productive without them, anyway.
"We were too emotional, beyond the point where it's a productive thing."
It's far too early in the morning, and there are certainly other more productive things you could be doing with your time.
The least productive thing to do is to keep trying to go to sleep.
Over the years we kicked around ideas on what would be the most productive thing to do with it.
This was the most productive thing I have done all day.
And pretty soon they'll start wondering what they can do to keep that productive thing going year round.
She did not want to sit and repeat it when there were more productive things to do.