unprofitable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unprofitable in British English:
UK [ʌnˈprɒfɪtəbl]
How to pronounce unprofitable in American English:
US [ʌnˈprɑfɪtəbl]
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- Adjective:
- producing little or no profit or gain
- not worth using
- without profit or reward
Word Origin
- unprofitable (adj.)
- early 14c., from un- (1) "not" + profitable (adj.). Related: Unprofitably.
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Example
- 1. A rate rise could make many of their fixed-rate loans unprofitable .
- 2. But the strong australian dollar made exporting unprofitable , and an influx of cheaper boards from asia hit domestic sales .
- 3. Zte says it plans to eliminate unprofitable offices and products that don 't offer much potential .
- 4. The businesses it acquired remain unprofitable .
- 5. Philosophy could well be content to be left out of the game . Its place is outside the terrain of those pretensions-both of personalities and of abstract generalities ; and had it been drawn onto a field of that sort.only unpleasant and unprofitable results were to be expected .