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Meanings of profitless in English

Unprofitable.

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Examples for "unprofitable"
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It is Michael Hill's second retreat from an unprofitable market this year.
Radio NZ
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He said supplying unprofitable ounces into an oversupplied market made no sense.
Reuters
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They'd look for any excuse to avoid a dangerous and unprofitable fight.
Quest for honour
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Although the technology remains unprofitable, Toyota says costs will fall with scale.
Reuters
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The North soon found slave labor unprofitable and rid itself of slavery.
Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
Usage of profitless in English
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And what a profitless occupation is the aimless collecting of heterogeneous books.
The Book-Hunter at Home
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This kind of comparison, however, was profitless and perhaps in bad taste.
Carmen's Messenger
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A long discussion which would be profitless to follow in detail, ensued.
History of Liberia / Johns Hopkins University Studies in Histori...
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She was ashamed to speak words which sounded so hollow and profitless.
The Nether World
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So he discourages a profitless curiosity, and exhorts to a continual vigilance.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Corinthians, Galatians, a...
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Unless I gave thee my science, my secret were profitless to thee.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 12
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Zora dissented loftily, but declined to be led into a profitless argument.
Septimus
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Would the exertions she had made to begin life again be profitless?
Invisible Links
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He is about the most wearisome and profitless creature in existence.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
10
Devotion to the tree is profitless, but partaking of the fruit is beneficial.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
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You can do nothing but think about it-themost profitless of all occupations.
Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
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After that others went into the business, and it became profitless.
Four Months in a Sneak-Box / A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down th...
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He had the air of one wearied by a profitless discussion.
A Prince of Sinners
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All life was inexplicable-yes ,andprofitless, ending in weariness and death.
The Happy End
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So society becomes utterly monotonous, and is insipid and profitless because of that.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
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Behind him lay the narrow cell, clay-floored and damp, comfortless, profitless and sordid.
The White Company
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