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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Although still private, the shadow of OpenAI and its still unprofitable business despite the blockbuster success of ChatGPT have rattled markets throughout the back half of 2025.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Questions remain about whether tech firms will maintain their massive spending on AI infrastructure, especially as Nvidia has invested in key, unprofitable customers such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
But that isn’t the case for Ghai, who has had to shutter some unprofitable locations permanently.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025
The scale of those financial commitments have reignited concerns about an AI bubble, given OpenAI remains an unprofitable business.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Questions remain about whether tech firms will maintain their massive spending on AI infrastructure, especially as Nvidia has invested in key, unprofitable customers such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
But that isn’t the case for Ghai, who has had to shutter some unprofitable locations permanently.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025
The scale of those financial commitments have reignited concerns about an AI bubble, given OpenAI remains an unprofitable business.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unprofitable. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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