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unprofitable |
Grep of noun unprofitable unprofitableness Overview of adj unprofitable The adj unprofitable has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. unprofitable -- (producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable") 2. inutile, unprofitable -- (not worth using) 3. profitless, unprofitable -- (without profit or reward; "let us have no part in profitless quarrels"- D.D.Eisenhower; "How weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world"- Shakespeare) Antonyms of adj unprofitable 3 senses of unprofitable Sense 1 unprofitable (vs. profitable) profitable (vs. unprofitable) => bankable => fat, juicy => gainful, paid, paying => economic => lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative Sense 2 inutile, unprofitable INDIRECT (VIA useless) -> useful, utile Sense 3 profitless, unprofitable INDIRECT (VIA unrewarding) -> rewarding Similarity of adj unprofitable 3 senses of unprofitable Sense 1 unprofitable (vs. profitable) => dead, idle => lean => marginal => unremunerative Also See-> unproductive#1; unsuccessful#1; useless#1 Sense 2 inutile, unprofitable => useless (vs. useful) Sense 3 profitless, unprofitable => unrewarding (vs. rewarding) Attributes of adj unprofitable Familiarity of adj unprofitable unprofitable used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj unprofitable unprofitable Overview of adj unprofitable The adj unprofitable has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. unprofitable -- (producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable") 2. inutile, unprofitable -- (not worth using) 3. profitless, unprofitable -- (without profit or reward; "let us have no part in profitless quarrels"- D.D.Eisenhower; "How weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world"- Shakespeare)
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