Antonyms for lucrative

Grammar : Adj

Spell : loo-kruh-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlu krə tɪv

Definition of lucrative

Origin : early 15c., from Old French lucratif "profitable" and directly from Latin lucrativus "gainful, profitable," from lucratus, past participle of lucrari "to gain," from lucrum "gain, profit" (see lucre). Related: Lucratively; lucrativeness.

adj productive, well-paid

Example sentences :

It was said that since the 31st of August he had been carrying on a most lucrative business with the Prussians.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

But his practice as a portrait-painter was not lucrative, nor his popularity lasting.
Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various

I 'll not say it will be anything very splendid or lucrative, but something he shall have.
Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

Foreign trade was lucrative in just the proportion that it was hazardous.
Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson

The most lucrative undertaking in the Colony is that of a shrine.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman

Girls like boys must be educated to some lucrative employment.
Extract from : « Susan B. Anthony » by Alma Lutz

What was once a desperate venture is now a lucrative business.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 » by Various

I promised her likewise to obtain for her some lucrative situation.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry » by Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon

Her songs were full of beauty and helpfulness, but poetry is not lucrative.
Extract from : « Girls and Women » by Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}

The borough-mongers lost only one half of their lucrative patronage.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

Synonyms for lucrative

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