unprofitable
adjective
un·prof·it·able
ˌən-ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl 
-ˈpräf-tə-bəl
: not profitable : producing no gain, good, or result
an unprofitable venture
unprofitableness
noun
Examples of unprofitable in a Sentence
an unprofitable effort to find the information
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The business is unprofitable, and finding those external customers is seen as key to turning it around.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
But for now, building extremely capable AI models is incredibly expensive—and, at the moment, incredibly unprofitable.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
There's also a lot of selling in unprofitable, speculative stocks.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Some analysts are worried there is a bubble in tech, as unprofitable small-cap tech companies are outperforming companies with actual profits on the Russell 2000.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
But for now, building extremely capable AI models is incredibly expensive—and, at the moment, incredibly unprofitable.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
There's also a lot of selling in unprofitable, speculative stocks.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
Some analysts are worried there is a bubble in tech, as unprofitable small-cap tech companies are outperforming companies with actual profits on the Russell 2000.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unprofitable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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