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
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Examples of unprofitable in a Sentence
an unprofitable effort to find the information
Recent Examples on the Web
But Disney+ has been shedding subscribers, and a broader streaming division remains unprofitable, losing nearly $2 billion since the start of the fiscal year.
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Brooks Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
While Disney has narrowed losses on streaming, the business remains unprofitable and faces serious competition from rivals.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
The irony is that much of this material — whatever is deemed unprofitable — remains locked up in vaults, never aired and unavailable on video or to stream.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
Studios and streamers, meanwhile, are facing economic headwinds after Wall Street turned on unprofitable streamers and will be looking to reign in spending.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2023
By Thursday afternoon, the stock was trading at $46 per share, a remarkable first day for an unprofitable company that drew some skeptics pre-IPO over its market value.
—Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 15 June 2023
Rite Aid, which closed 145 unprofitable stores in the last year or so, on Thursday reported a fiscal fourth quarter loss of $241.3 million, or $4.39 per share, for the period ended March 4, 2023.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
All of them wildly popular, yet wildly unprofitable.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 19 July 2023
Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images Mediterranean-style restaurant chain Cava Group is set to start marketing its initial public offering in a key test of investor appetite for fast-growing companies that are still unprofitable.
—Heather Haddon, WSJ, 4 June 2023
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Brooks Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
While Disney has narrowed losses on streaming, the business remains unprofitable and faces serious competition from rivals.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
The irony is that much of this material — whatever is deemed unprofitable — remains locked up in vaults, never aired and unavailable on video or to stream.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
Studios and streamers, meanwhile, are facing economic headwinds after Wall Street turned on unprofitable streamers and will be looking to reign in spending.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2023
By Thursday afternoon, the stock was trading at $46 per share, a remarkable first day for an unprofitable company that drew some skeptics pre-IPO over its market value.
—Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 15 June 2023
Rite Aid, which closed 145 unprofitable stores in the last year or so, on Thursday reported a fiscal fourth quarter loss of $241.3 million, or $4.39 per share, for the period ended March 4, 2023.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
All of them wildly popular, yet wildly unprofitable.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 19 July 2023
Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images Mediterranean-style restaurant chain Cava Group is set to start marketing its initial public offering in a key test of investor appetite for fast-growing companies that are still unprofitable.
—Heather Haddon, WSJ, 4 June 2023
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First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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