profitless

Examples

• All

• "I shall naturally tell all if I am paid enough." "In that case," said Reith, "our conversation must deal in pleasantries, profitless to both of us."

  Fiction book (1993)

• His profitless cattle business forced him to change careers after years of struggle.

• We are not suggesting that psychopharmacological research is profitless and ought to be abandoned.

  Academic text (1995)

• So there's a lot of pain in these more profitless riskier sections and and that is normal.

• "Google wants ISPs to cap neither, becoming profitless conduits..."

  Blog text (13)

• But Google wants ISPs to cap neither, becoming profitless conduits for the advertising and spying that make it billions.

  Blog text (13)

• In the process of extricating America from two of the longest and most profitless wars in its history, President Barack Obama will go to great lengths to avoid getting America into another one.

  Blog text (22)

• Profitless prosperity is the way Mark Osborne, Senior News Editor at PV-Tech.org, characterizes the PV manufacturing supply chain at the moment.

  Blog text (24)

• The committee's lengthy discussions proved profitless, leading them to start over.

• Investing in that startup turned out to be a profitless endeavor for most investors.

Synonyms

U

unprofitable

vsprofitless

11 4.9

Not making money for a person or business

is broader, also meaning useless or without benefit

V

valueless

vsprofitless

5 3.6

Not worth anything or useful

is about no profit or benefit, not only lacking worth

U

uneconomic

vsprofitless

2 6.7

Not making enough money to be worth doing

stresses lack of profit but focuses less on efficiency

G

good-for-nothing

vsprofitless

• Offensive

2 6.8

Not useful or worth much

refers to lack of profit or benefit rather than personal failure

N

noneconomic

vsprofitless

1 5.5

Not about money, trade, or profit but about other values

means not producing profit or benefit, not just unrelated to money

N

nonprofitable

vsprofitless

4.9

Not making a profit or giving useful results

focuses on lack of profit or usefulness rather than general worth

U

unremunerative

vsprofitless

9.3

Work that does not pay or make a profit

is about lack of profit or benefit not only payment

G

good-for-naught

vsprofitless

• Offensive

9.9

Not useful and having little value

focuses on financial or useful benefit, not moral worth

Antonyms

P

profitable

191 3.8

Makes more money than it costs

How Profitable

lucrative

105 5.6

profitable

191 3.8

unprofitable

11 4.9

profitless

1 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology