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unprofited en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + profited.

Meanings

1. profitless
   • Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds rather than make unprofited return. c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
   • 1797-1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Destiny of Nations Ah! why , uninjured and unprofited, Should multitudes against their brethren rush ?

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