How to Use unprofitable in a Sentence

unprofitable

adjective

• Among the reasons is that hedging costs have made deals unprofitable, traders say.
  — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
• This makes as-of-yet unprofitable firms deemed 'growth stocks' less attractive.
  — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2023
• But the farms are expensive to set up and take a long time to expand, so many are unprofitable.
  — Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• Microsoft has been looking for ways to cut costs and close unprofitable projects.
  — Nick Wingfield, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2016
• But many of those customers could be unprofitable Prime customers like me.
  — Alana Semuels, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2018
• That deal marked the start of a turnaround, as unprofitable and non-core businesses were shed.
  — Kurt Schussler, Bloomberg.com, 15 Dec. 2020
• And while Uber is unprofitable, its revenue has been growing.
  — Mike Isaac, The Seattle Times, 16 July 2017
• But just in case, Brex, which is unprofitable, has stockpiled money.
  — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2019
• This race to the bottom leaves providers locked into unprofitable agreements.
  — Marek Niedzwiedz, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
• But no one likes an unprofitable company.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026
• For the fifth year in a row, the first quarter has been an unprofitable one for the airline industry.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 17 June 2024
• The truth, though, is that many penny stocks are tied to tiny, shaky — or shady — companies that are unprofitable.
  — Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2022
• About half of these subsidies were then used to fish in grounds that would otherwise be unprofitable.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2022
• Kirby said in a staff memo last week that the airline is going to cut unprofitable flights over the next two quarters.
  — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
• The filing would help the retailer close unprofitable stores.
  — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 29 Aug. 2019
• That was when the stocks of dot-coms and e-commerce firms soared, even though the vast majority were unprofitable.
  — Julie Creswell, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2017
• Houston had the largest share of unprofitable businesses last year, a report found.
  — Erin Douglas, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2019
• How to maintain this unprofitable business (excuse me, way of life) against the forward march of progress?
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
• In 2023 the unprofitable but still golf-able 170 acres went up for sale.
  — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 3 May 2026
• Disney+ remains unprofitable, although the company has vowed to change that by next year.
  — Brooks Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
• The iconic film studio that gives the corporate parent its name is said to be unprofitable.
  — Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
• The company was also unprofitable for eight of the last 10 years.
  — Ryan Mac, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• For many large, unprofitable start-ups, this will be the first true test of whether their businesses can withstand a downturn.
  — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020
• Last year, the five most unprofitable companies cost the state more than $50 million.
  — Daria Mitiuk, New York Times, 12 June 2024
• Even if farmers do their best to adapt, agriculture will become unprofitable for many in the tropics.
  — Raghuram G. Rajan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
• Rhodes knew of an unprofitable bog and applied for the program, which is funded by state and federal grants.
  — Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
• Second, the tariffs were so large that cutting prices to absorb them would make many exports unprofitable.
  — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
• Investors have been grousing about how unprofitable Snap is and how its number of users appears small.
  — Mike Isaac, Tampa Bay Times, 20 Feb. 2017
• Airlines have been cutting services as the increase in fuel prices has made some routes unprofitable.
  — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2026
• Why does Prince own companies, some of them clearly unprofitable, all over the country?
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022