Unprofitable
[ʌn'prɒfɪtəb(ə)l] or [ʌn'prɑfɪtəbl]
Definition
(adj.) producing little or no profit or gain; 'deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable' .
Edited by Adela--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Profitless, fruitless, bootless, useless, worthless, unremunerating, futile, unserviceable, unproductive, unfruitful, barren.
Edited by Hugh
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Useless, bootless, futile, fruitless,[See WICKED]
Checker: Marsha
Definition
adj. not profitable: bringing no profit: serving no purpose.—n. Unprof′itableness.—adv. Unprof′itably.—adjs. Unprof′ited profitless; Unprof′iting unprofitable.
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Examples
- It built up countless acres of hitherto unprofitable land. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I am not going to argue, replied Carriston, smiling, and I agree with you that arguments are unprofitable. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He was in one of his moods, for the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over again. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She felt how unprofitable contention would be. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She was roused from these unprofitable considerations by a whispered request from her hostess, who drew her apart as they left the luncheon-table. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He was too busy, too practical, and above all too much preoccupied with his own advancement, to indulge in such unprofitable asides. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- We would neither of us ever convince the other, therefore an argument which has not a common basis from which to start is unprofitable. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A little renewed practice in French may not be unprofitable. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To purchase land, is, everywhere in Europe, a most unprofitable employment of a small capital. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A man of real abilities can scarce find out a more humiliating or a more unprofitable employment to turn them to. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What we want is a good lamp average and no unprofitable customer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Fagin will make something of you, though, or you'll be the first he ever had that turned out unprofitable. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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