unprofitable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈpɹɒf.ɪ.təbl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ʌnˈpɹɑf.ɪ.təbl̩/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English profitable English unprofitable From un- + profitable.
Meanings
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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:Soon after breakfast Miss Matilda, having galloped and blundered through a few unprofitable lessons, and vengeably thumped the piano for an hour, in a terrible humour with both me and it, because her mama would not give her a holiday, […]
1847, Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey: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 14, “Re-Appraisal of the Modernisation of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 520:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unprofitable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unprofitable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unprofitableness · unprofitably
Synonyms
Translations (40)
el μη επικερδής (not making a profit) · uk неви́гідний (not making a profit) · ka წამგებიანი (not making a profit) · ru нерента́бельный (not making a profit) · ru беспри́быльный (not making a profit) · ka არაშემოსავლიანი (not making a profit) · nb ulønnsom (not making a profit) · pl nieintratny (not making a profit) · el αντιοικονομικός (not making a profit) · es deficitario (not making a profit) · bg нерентабилен (not making a profit) · ro dezavantajos (not making a profit) · hi लाभहीन (not making a profit) · ka არამომგებიანი (not making a profit) · bg неизгоден (not making a profit) · uk безприбутко́вий (not making a profit) · uk нерента́бельний (not making a profit) · ro inutil (not making a profit) · mi huakore (not making a profit) · grc ἀνωφελής (not making a profit) · ota كارسز (not making a profit) · el ασύμφορος (not making a profit) · pl niedochodowy (not making a profit) · es desaventajado (not making a profit) · ka არარენტაბელური (not making a profit) · sip གྱོང (not making a profit) · fi tuottamaton (not making a profit) · ru невы́годный (not making a profit) · fi kannattamaton (not making a profit) · da urentabel (not making a profit) · ga neamhbhrabúsach (not making a profit) · pl nierentowny (not making a profit) · ro nefructuos (not making a profit) · uk неприбутко́вий (not making a profit) · pl nieopłacalny (not making a profit) · grc ἄκαρπος (not making a profit) · lt nuostolingas (not making a profit) · got 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (not making a profit) · pl niezyskowny (not making a profit) · ga neamhshochrach (not making a profit)