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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-prof-i-tuh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl |
Definition of unprofitable
Origin :- early 14c., from un- (1) "not" + profitable. Related: Unprofitably.
- adj producing no profit or gain
- adj useless
- adj not profitable
- Don't you think we had better avoid all unprofitable discussion?
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- But the mixture was undoubtedly flat, stale and unprofitable.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Pepsy had no money invested in their unprofitable enterprise, for she had no money to invest.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Numberless women have withered in this unprofitable service to chastity.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Grip was by no means an idle or unprofitable member of the humble household.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- It was mere sophistry, and deceiving, fruitless, and unprofitable.
- Extract from : « Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther » by Martin Luther
- No machine yet devised could perform this tedious and unprofitable task.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
- It is an entertaining book, and by no means an unprofitable one.
- Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
- The voyage of discovery was unprofitable; there was nothing to discover.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- What is left him but to lead a life stale and unprofitable, the scorn and mockery of men?
- Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
Synonyms for unprofitable
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