Definitions for unprofitable
ʌnˈprɒf ɪ tə bəlun·prof·itable

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unprofitableadjective

   producing little or no profit or gain

   "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unprofitableadjective

   Not making a profit.

   Being a professional poet is a nice job, albeit unprofitable.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unprofitableadjective

   Useless; serving no purpose.

   The church being eased of unprofitable labours, needful offices may the better be attended. Richard Hooker.

   Should he reason with unprofitable talk? Job xv. 3.

   My son Onesimus I have begotten in my bonds; which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and me. Philemon 11.

   They receive aliment sufficient, and yet no more than they can well digest; and withal sweat out the coarsest and unprofitablest juice. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   It is better to fall honourably, than to survive in an unprofitable and unglorious life. Roger L'Estrange.

   Then they who brothers better claim disown,
   Defraud their clients, and to lucre sold,
   Sit brooding on unprofitable gold. Dryden.

   With shame and sorrow fill’d,
   For plotting an unprofitable crime. Dryden.

   An ox that waits the coming blow,
   Old and unprofitable to the plough. Dryden.

   With tears so tender,
   As any heart, but only her’s, could move;
   Trembling before her bolted doors he stood,
   And there pour’d out th’ unprofitable flood. Dryden.

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1. unprofitable

   Unprofitable refers to a business, project, or transaction that fails to make a profit, meaning the total costs exceed the revenue generated. It could also be used to describe something that does not bring any advantage, benefit, or positive results.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unprofitable

   un-prof′i-ta-bl, adj. not profitable: bringing no profit: serving no purpose.—n. Unprof′itableness.—adv. Unprof′itably.—adjs. Unprof′ited, profitless; Unprof′iting, unprofitable.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unprofitable in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unprofitable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of unprofitable in a Sentence

1. Timothy Ross:

   In terms of bodily harm, it's probably not grievous, but they've torn up a big chunk of change trying to expand beyond the current (Jetstar Asia) businesses based in Vietnam, which is unprofitable, and Singapore, which occasionally flirts with profitability.

2. Ursula K. LeGuin:

   When action grows unprofitable, gather information when information grows unprofitable, sleep.

3. Sergio Marchionne:

   We refuse to invest in unprofitable ventures, if you look at the relevance of SUVs and CUVs in the European market... that dynamic has completely changed. It's created the possibility to launch the 500X and the Jeep Renegade in this market and open production on the European side.

4. Lindt Chief Executive Ernst Tanner:

   We're going to eliminate non-strategic or unprofitable activities in the course of this year.

5. Barclays Africa analyst Peter Worthington:

   For example, at current prices over half of South Africa's platinum production is unprofitable. This will likely weigh on mineral exports, eroding some of the benefit from lower oil prices.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unprofitable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unprofitable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=unprofitable
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=unprofitable
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=unprofitable