profitless

adjective

prof·​it·​less ˈpräfə̇tlə̇s 

: having no profit : without benefit or value : gainless

let us have no part in profitless quarrels

—D. D. Eisenhower

profitlessly adverb

profitlessness noun

plural -es

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