as in unsuccessful
producing no results
trying to reason with her is always a profitless enterprise
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Recent Examples of profitless
But rising interest rates, tighter regulation of BNPL services, and investor skepticism toward profitless growth led Klarna to slash operating costs, cut staff, and seek capital at progressively lower valuations.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profitless
Adjective
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First aid and attempts to resuscitate were unsuccessful, and the crew transported the deceased to Dutch Harbor.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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Attempts to contact Hill on Thursday were unsuccessful.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Instigated by the dictatorship invading territories long ago ceded to the English, the war was the new government’s futile attempt to restore a nationalist fantasy of Argentina’s borders (and distract from the country’s collapsing economy).—
Daniel R. Quiles,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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These findings don’t mean weight loss is futile; even short-term weight loss correlates with improvements in metabolic health.—
Lori Youmshajekian,
Scientific American,
26 Feb. 2026
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The big risk for Perplexity, however, is if the models themselves become commodities, rendering useless a service that allows users to switch between the AIs for tasks.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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But other people—a lot of other people—will become useless.—
Sam Kriss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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But no one likes an unprofitable company.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Feb. 2026
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Federal health officials on Monday laid out a proposal to spur development of customized treatments for patients with hard-to-treat diseases, including for rare genetic conditions that the pharmaceutical industry has long considered unprofitable.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Profitless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profitless. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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