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Antonyms for unprofitable


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
Example sentences :
  • 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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