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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In 2018, he was hired to fix Neiman Marcus Group, which was struggling to to keep up with shifting consumer trends and unprofitable under the weight of heavy debt from years of private equity ownership.
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
Bank insiders and analysts have warned that a rate cap could render large parts of the credit card business unprofitable.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
Unlike private hospitals that can withdraw when services are unprofitable, public safety-net hospitals cannot walk away.
—Nan Rich, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
If the department has a plan to increase services — say, by ensuring at least one hospital in a region is equipped to deliver babies — that would be a different story, but the state would have to have some way of compensating hospitals taking on unprofitable services, Stansbury said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
Bank insiders and analysts have warned that a rate cap could render large parts of the credit card business unprofitable.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
Unlike private hospitals that can withdraw when services are unprofitable, public safety-net hospitals cannot walk away.
—Nan Rich, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
If the department has a plan to increase services — say, by ensuring at least one hospital in a region is equipped to deliver babies — that would be a different story, but the state would have to have some way of compensating hospitals taking on unprofitable services, Stansbury said.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unprofitable. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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