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Synonyms for unprofitable
ʌnˈprɒf ɪ tə bəlun·prof·itable

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  1. unprofitableadjective

    Antonyms:
    profitable

  2. unprofitableadjective

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

    Antonyms:
    profitable

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unprofitable

    Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.

    Compare synonyms for UTILITY.

    Synonyms:
    abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

    Antonyms:
    adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unprofitable

    Synonyms:
    useless, bootless, futile, fruitless

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unprofitableadjective

    producing little or no profit or gain

    "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable"

    Antonyms:
    paying, bankable, lucrative, remunerative, moneymaking, juicy, economic, gainful, paid, fat, profitable

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unprofitableadjective

    Synonyms:
    profitless, fruitless, bootless, useless, worthless, unremunerating, futile, unserviceable, unproductive, unfruitful, barren

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  1. unprofitableadjective

    Synonyms:
    unremunerative, profitless, futile, fruitless, unavailing

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  1. List of paraphrases for "unprofitable":

    uneconomic, non-profitable, unviable, uneconomical, profitable, loss-making

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2578null
#2964empty
#9013idle
#10226useless
#10437profitable
#12556trivial
#13230unreal
#15690vain
#19590visionary
#20769worthless
#26975futile
#32026unimportant
#38689shadowy
#48116fruitless
#55524deceitful
#55539unprofitable
#60134baseless
#61666ineffectual
#69037trifling
#72180abortive
#90731unsatisfying
#94014vapid
#100309uneconomic
#109464unavailing
#130321uneconomical
#131299unserviceable
#146779inconstant
#150455unviable
#203636delusive
#244598unsubstantial
#245515nugatory
#291737profitless

How to use unprofitable in a sentence?

  1. James Fenimore Cooper:

    Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

  2. 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.

  3. Nick Dussuyer:

    If premium income levels continue to deteriorate, and capacity does not withdraw ... at some stage this portfolio is bound to become unprofitable, it will be interesting to see at this stage which insurers will choose to withdraw and which will try and ride out the storm, anticipating a turning market.

  4. Lindt Chief Executive Ernst Tanner:

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

  5. Christopher Wong:

    Management is continuing with their rationalization process and no unprofitable sacred cows have been left untouched.


Translations for unprofitable

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  • αντιοικονομικός, ασύμφορος, μη επικερδήςGreek
  • desaventajadoSpanish

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