no dice vs unproductive

no dice

phrase
  • An unfavorable result. 

  • An unacceptable alternative. 

  • Used to express a negative outcome or decision 

unproductive

adj
  • No longer used to produce new words (see examples). 

  • Not productive; useless; fruitless. 

How often have the words no dice and unproductive occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )