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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Because labor and delivery services are often unprofitable, some private hospitals have stopped offering them.
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Shane Strum, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
Saks Global also indicated that the vast majority of the stores within this phase of closures are unprofitable and in smaller markets with limited growth potential.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Meantime, outflows both from both software and crypto (an asset class most correlated with unprofitable tech stocks) grew excessive until the savage software/bitcoin selloff hit an extreme Thursday, when money came sloshing in to catch the falling knives.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
OpenAI wouldn’t be the first unprofitable company to go public.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
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Shane Strum, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
Saks Global also indicated that the vast majority of the stores within this phase of closures are unprofitable and in smaller markets with limited growth potential.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Meantime, outflows both from both software and crypto (an asset class most correlated with unprofitable tech stocks) grew excessive until the savage software/bitcoin selloff hit an extreme Thursday, when money came sloshing in to catch the falling knives.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
OpenAI wouldn’t be the first unprofitable company to go public.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unprofitable
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unprofitable. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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