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Meanings of profitless discussion in English

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Usage of profitless discussion in English
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He had the air of one wearied by a profitless discussion.
A Prince of Sinners
2
Paul asked, after an instant's pause, breaking off the profitless discussion.
The Fortunate Youth
3
The session was mainly consumed in excited, profitless discussion.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln / Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's...
4
There has arisen a profitless discussion as to which of these two phases came first.
The Historic Thames
5
This is a profitless discussion, sir.
The Gods Themselves
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But this was just the question which her father had suggested as an example of a subject of profitless discussion.
Phyllis of Philistia
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An almost endless and likely profitless discussion has been indulged in as to the proper way to guide a slide rest, and different opinions exist.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888
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'I will only beg that there may be no further profitless discussion between us.
New Grub Street
9
"We will talk of this all again some other time," he went on, tired of the profitless discussion.
King John of Jingalo: The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties
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"We 'ain't got no books," said he, in grim rebuke, as though to put an end to a profitless discussion.
Judith of the Plains
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