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Meanings of unprofitable in English
Producing little or no profit or gain.
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Examples for "profitless"
Examples for "profitless"
1
And what a profitless occupation is the aimless collecting of heterogeneous books.
2
This kind of comparison, however, was profitless and perhaps in bad taste.
3
A long discussion which would be profitless to follow in detail, ensued.
4
She was ashamed to speak words which sounded so hollow and profitless.
5
So he discourages a profitless curiosity, and exhorts to a continual vigilance.
Usage of unprofitable in English
1
It is Michael Hill's second retreat from an unprofitable market this year.
2
He said supplying unprofitable ounces into an oversupplied market made no sense.
3
They'd look for any excuse to avoid a dangerous and unprofitable fight.
4
Although the technology remains unprofitable, Toyota says costs will fall with scale.
5
The North soon found slave labor unprofitable and rid itself of slavery.
6
The field is not an unprofitable one even in the mercenary sense.
7
Neglect soon came to the relief of unprofitable care; decay followed neglect.
8
A combined ratio of over 100 means that the underwriting was unprofitable.
9
Business renewals are also more carefully screened to weed out unprofitable accounts.
10
Where wheat is unprofitable, the oat crop is used in its stead.
11
For the father the experience is by no means an unprofitable one.
12
Nor did Homer prove an unprofitable companion to him in his expeditions.
13
P&G has been cutting costs and selling unprofitable brands to revive growth.
14
That envy and covetousness are unpleasing and unprofitable are shown by these:
15
I found him dull, stale, and unprofitable in comparison with À Kempis.
16
The most unprofitable of all commerce is that connected with foreign dominion.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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