- profitless
- adjective see profit I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
profitless
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Profitless — Prof it*less, a. Without profit; unprofitable. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
profitless — index barren, disadvantageous, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, unavailing, unproductive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William … Law dictionary
profitless — profit ► NOUN 1) a financial gain, especially the difference between an initial outlay and the subsequent amount earned. 2) advantage; benefit. ► VERB (profited, profiting) ▪ benefit, especially financially. DERIVATIVES profitless adjective … English terms dictionary
profitless — adjective 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 • Similar to: ↑unrewarding … Useful english dictionary
profitless prosperity — n. A form of economic growth in which businesses make little or no profit. Example Citation: While it is clear that the US economy is recovering, there is a real danger that this could all be a profitless prosperity in other words, with the… … New words
profitless — See profit. * * * … Universalium
profitless — adjective not yielding profit … Wiktionary
profitless — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. vain, futile, ineffectual; see useless 1 , worthless 1 … English dictionary for students
profitless — prof|it|less [ˈprɔfıtləs US ˈpra: ] adj formal not making a profit, or not useful to do >profitlessly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
profitless — prof·it·less || prÉ‘fɪtlɪs / prÉ’ adj. unprofitable, not earning income; pointless, useless, futile … English contemporary dictionary
