nonlucrative en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + lucrative.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not lucrative.
Like so many other single New Yorkers who stubbornly persist in pursuing fulfilling but decidedly nonlucrative careers, Matthew Thomas, a 32-year-old aspiring novelist, endured a housing history defined by transience and tests of endurance.
2008 February 15, Susan Dominus, “A Co-op for $14,000? It’s No Fiction”, in New York Times: