gainfulness
- noun
- /ˈɡeɪn.fəl.nəs/
- The gainfulness of this investment is evident in the increased returns over the years.
Examples
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The gainfulness of completing this project on time will benefit the entire team.
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To recognize this truth may be an achievement for someone who had not previously understood the significance and mutual gainfulness of interpersonal exchange.
Academic text (1999) -
Many people are attracted to careers that promise a high level of gainfulness and job satisfaction.
Synonyms
The amount of money a business keeps after paying its costs
How much a business, project, or idea makes money and gives benefit
The quality of producing a lot of money
Antonyms
How Profitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gainfulness comes from the common word gain meaning 'profit' plus the parts -ful meaning 'full of' and -ness meaning 'state'. So gainfulness is the 'state of being full of profit', which is why it means the quality of giving benefit or profit.