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subprofitable

subprofitable adjective: not profitable; failing to make a profit.

Adjective

subprofitable (not comparable)

  1. Not profitable; failing to make a profit.
    • […] and it tends to compete down premiums everywhere else and reduce the profitability of insurance and quite often puts it into a subprofitable mode.2004, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Representatives, page 30480
    • It is therefore, plausible to assume that a company might not actually loose^([sic]) cash, but simply allocate capital to subprofitable projects.2004, U. Steger, The Business of Sustainability, page 9

Origin of subprofitable

From sub- + profitable.

Questions about subprofitable

What does subprofitable mean?
Subprofitable means not profitable; failing to make a profit.
What part of speech is subprofitable?
Subprofitable is an adjective.

Words near subprofitable in the dictionary

  1. subproducts
  2. subprofessional
  3. subprofessionals
  4. subprofessor
  5. subprofessors
  6. subprofitable
  7. subprogram
  8. subprogramme
  9. subprogrammer
  10. subprogrammers
  11. subprogrammes

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