unprofitable
/ʌnˈpɹɒf.ɪ.təbl̩/US/ʌnˈpɹɑf.ɪ.təbl̩/
unprofitable adjective: not making a profit.
Adjective
unprofitable (comparative more unprofitable, superlative most unprofitable)
- Not making a profit.
- Being a professional poet is a nice job, albeit 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.1840, John Rogers, Anti-popery: Or, Popery Unreasonable, Unscriptural, and Novel, page 191
- Synonyms:
- improfitable
- Antonyms:
- profitable
Noun
unprofitable (plural unprofitables)
- A person or thing that fails to make a profit.
unprofitable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
unprofitable in Hindi
- not making a profit
- लाभहीन lābhhīn
unprofitable in Tamil
- ஆதாயமில்லாத, ஊதியமற்ற, பயனற்ற
unprofitable in Telugu
- unprofitable
- అనర్థకము anarthakamu
unprofitable in Kannada
- ನಿರುಪಯುಕ್ತ, ಲಾಭವಿಲ್ಲದ, ವ್ಯರ್ಥವಾದ
Examples of unprofitable in a sentence
- 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 […]1887, R. A. Murray, Victoria. Geology and Physical Geography, page 126:
- In addition, over 350 little-used stations were closed, and reductions were made in unprofitable train services.1959 August, “Re-Appraisal of the Modernisation of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 520:
Synonyms of unprofitable
Antonyms
Forms of unprofitable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unprofitable |
| superlative | most unprofitable |
| Noun | |
| plural | unprofitables |
Origin of unprofitable
From un- + profitable.
Words formed from unprofitable
Questions about unprofitable
- What does unprofitable mean?
- Unprofitable means not making a profit.
- What is unprofitable in Hindi?
- Unprofitable in Hindi is लाभहीन (lābhhīn). See Unprofitable meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use unprofitable in a sentence?
- 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 […]
- What part of speech is unprofitable?
- Unprofitable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unprofitable?
- Unprofitable is pronounced /ʌnˈpɹɑf.ɪ.təbl̩/ (US).
Words near unprofitable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unprofitable (page history and authors); unprofitable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అనర్థకము (Telugu) (page history and authors); unprofitable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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