Synonyms for profitless
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : prof-it |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒf ɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for profitless
- abandoned
- abject
- abortive
- barren
- base
- blown
- bootless
- cheap
- contemptible
- delusive
- delusory
- despicable
- disadvantageous
- dissipated
- down the drain
- drossy
- dry
- dull
- dysfunctional
- empty
- exhausted
- expendable
- feckless
- forlorn
- fruitless
- frustaneous
- futile
- gainless
- going nowhere
- good-for-nothing
- hollow
- idle
- ignoble
- impracticable
- imprudent
- in vain
- in vicious circle
- inefficacious
- inept
- inferior
- infertile
- inoperative
- insignificant
- insufficient
- inutile
- lackluster
- meaningless
- mediocre
- misapplied
- miserable
- misleading
- no dice
- no good
- no-account
- no-good
- no-win
- nonfunctional
- nonprofit
- not a prayer
- nothing
- nugatory
- of no use
- on a treadmill
- otiose
- out the window
- paltry
- petty
- pointless
- poor
- prodigal
- profitless
- puny
- purposeless
- resultless
- save one's breath
- scrap
- senseless
- shuck
- slight
- spinning one's wheels
- squandered
- stale
- sterile
- stupid
- thrown away
- time-wasting
- to no avail
- to no effect
- to no purpose
- trashy
- trifling
- trivial
- unavailable
- unavailing
- unessential
- unfruitful
- unfunctional
- unimportant
- uninspiring
- unlucrative
- unneeded
- unnotable
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unprolific
- unpurposed
- unreal
- unremunerative
- unrewarding
- unsatisfactory
- unsubstantial
- unsuccessful
- unusable
- unusuable
- unworkable
- useless
- vain
- valueless
- vapid
- void
- waste
- weak
- wild goose chase
- worthless
- wretched
Définition of profitless
Origin :- 1590s, from profit (n.) + -less.
- As in misspent : adj wasted
- As in barren : adj unprofitable
- As in useless : adj not working; not valuable
- As in vain : adj futile, useless
- As in worthless : adj of no use; without value
- As in unprofitable : adj producing no profit or gain
- As in unprofitable : adj not profitable
- As in inutile : adj useless
- As in no-account : adj worthless
- As in no-good : adj worthless
- As in unusable : adj useless
- As in fruitless : adj bringing no advantage, product
- As in futile : adj hopeless, pointless
- The discussion was as profitless as that arising from the blacklist.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
- They were like the fretful and profitless chafings of waves upon a rock.
- Extract from : « The Reign of Mary Tudor » by W. Llewelyn Williams.
- All in all, it had been a profitless speculation on Les King's part.
- Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
- Are not some of us profitless and barren because we are too indolent to pray?
- Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
- Five mortal times did Raja Vikram repeat this profitless labour.
- Extract from : « Vikram and the Vampire » by Richard F. Burton
- That is left to profitless casuists like the ancient rabbis.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- Ah, what a despicable thing is man's love, how unstable and profitless!
- Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith
- But the cisterns which you have dug for yourselves are broken and profitless to you.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 » by Various
- Let us have a truce to profitless disputes about what cannot be reversed.
- Extract from : « Problems of Expansion » by Whitelaw Reid
- There she spent five pleasureless and worse than profitless years.
- Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 » by Various
Antonyms for profitless
- beneficial
- consequential
- copious
- developing
- effective
- effectual
- fecund
- fertile
- filled
- fruitful
- full
- gainful
- growing
- helpful
- hopeful
- important
- meaningful
- modest
- plentiful
- possible
- potent
- productive
- profitable
- sensible
- shy
- significant
- successful
- sufficient
- superior
- unwasted
- usable
- used well
- useful
- valuable
- working
- worthwhile
- worthy
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