Antonyms for gainful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : geyn-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgeɪn fəl |
Definition of gainful
Origin :- 1540s (implied in gainfully), from gain + -ful. Phrase gainfully employed attested from 1796.
- adj very productive, profitable
- One needs only to point out to them that the pursuit is gainful, and their interest is aroused.
- Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon
- What was our status in the business pursuits and gainful occupations at that time?
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- The pursuit of gainful effort is as old as the existence of man on earth.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- His gainful pursuit was that of being a commercial traveller.
- Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb
- Now Harald has got him east away, And each morrow of fight was a gainful day.
- Extract from : « Poems by the Way » by William Morris
- More and more, however, individuals made their way in gainful occupations.
- Extract from : « Your Negro Neighbor » by Benjamin Brawley
- The generality of white women in New York, wives of laboring men, infrequently engage in gainful occupations.
- Extract from : « Half a Man » by Mary White Ovington
- Said the Sea-eagle: “Abide the wearing of another hour, and come and tell me again, and then I may have a gainful word for thee.”
- Extract from : « The Story of the Glittering Plain » by William Morris
- The number of people in 1910 in what is called "gainful occupations" has not as yet been compiled by the Census Bureau.
- Extract from : « The Business of Being a Woman » by Ida M. Tarbell
- Be a judge's man; they are the bravest nowadays, or a cardinal's pander—that were a good profession, and gainful.
- Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15) » by W. Carew Hazlitt
Synonyms for gainful
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