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unremunerative en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- English remunerate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English remunerative English unremunerative From un- + remunerative.

Meanings

1. Not remunerative.
   • Such a comparatively unremunerative occupation as that of carrying a few score head of cattle six times a year from Port Zodiac to Port Marivelles was not worth a ship-owner's thought […] 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, page 118:
   • It is particularly desirable to obtain photographs of rural stations, both with and without a train, in view of the threatened wholesale closure of unremunerative branches throughout the country. 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:
   • A very interesting development in the realm of local transport is the completion of an independent enquiry into transport services in rural areas, with particular reference to the closure of unremunerative branch lines and connections between bus and train services. 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 134:

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Deriveds

unremunerativeness · unremuneratively