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Antonyms for profitless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : prof-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒf ɪt

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

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