Synonyms for unprofitableness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhn-prof-i-tuh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for unprofitableness
Définition of unprofitableness
Origin :- early 14c., from un- (1) "not" + profitable. Related: Unprofitably.
- noun futility
- 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
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019