Unprofitable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʌnˈpɹɑf.ɪ.təbl̩/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unprofitable is an adjective meaning Not making a profit.
Meaning
Not making a profit.
More Meanings
- A person or thing that fails to make a profit.
Example Sentences
Being a professional poet is a nice job, albeit unprofitable.
In addition, over 350 little-used stations were closed, and reductions were made in unprofitable train services.
In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […]
The undermediators are not required, have nothing properly to do, no peculiar duty to perform; but are an unprofitable or inutile set of beings sitting down and looking at each other through want of other occupation.
Word Forms
- unprofitables
Synonyms for unprofitable
Depending on context, synonyms include improfitable, dead, lean, marginal, inutile, useless.
Antonyms for unprofitable
Common opposites include profitable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include profitless, inutile, useless, unrewarding, unremunerative, idle.
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