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Synonyms for unprofitableness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uhn-prof-i-tuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl

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Définition of unprofitableness

Origin :
  • early 14c., from un- (1) "not" + profitable. Related: Unprofitably.
  • noun futility
Example sentences :
  • His errors were errors of unprofitableness, but never of viciousness.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • He lamented the unprofitableness of good laws, by being in bad men's hands.
  • Extract from : « No Cross, No Crown » by William Penn
  • I do it with reluctance, and with a constant remembrance of my own unprofitableness.
  • Extract from : « Practical Religion » by John Charles Ryle
  • O pardon my unprofitableness, and abuse of thy mercies, and my sluggish loss of precious time!
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • No man upon earth is more sensible of the unprofitableness of a life like mine than I am, or groans more heavily under the burden.
  • Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
  • The unprofitableness of these vast domains can be conceived only by the means of positive instances.
  • Extract from : « Life Of Johnson, Volume 5 » by Boswell
  • They have often tried the unprofitableness of their own work, and are now come to the sabbath indeed.
  • Extract from : « No Cross, No Crown » by William Penn
  • One only came directly and simply from Heaven, the Jewish; and even that was removed because of its unprofitableness.
  • Extract from : « Loss and Gain » by John Henry Newman
  • I accuse myself of sloth and unprofitableness day by day; but when these waves of God flow into me I no longer reckon lost time.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
  • Extract from : « Egholm and his God » by Johannes Buchholtz
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