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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Second, the tariffs were so large that cutting prices to absorb them would make many exports unprofitable.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
With the price as light sweet crude at record high prices, Chevron and other companies are scrambling to drill new wells and reopen old wells once considered unprofitable.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
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.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
Railways closed many unprofitable lines after they were allowed to do so by the Staggers Rail Act of 1980.
—Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
With the price as light sweet crude at record high prices, Chevron and other companies are scrambling to drill new wells and reopen old wells once considered unprofitable.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
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.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
Railways closed many unprofitable lines after they were allowed to do so by the Staggers Rail Act of 1980.
—Ian Savage, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unprofitable. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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