PROFITLESS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

profitless

adjective

Definition of profitless

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. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025

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Adjective

The business hired attorneys to appeal the county’s assessment, Cerny said, but were unsuccessful.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Alonso may have had an unsuccessful spell managing Real Madrid, but went unbeaten to win the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen in his second season of senior management.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of unsuccessful

Adjective

Requests for records from Princeton City Schools, Northwest Local Schools and Mason City Schools also largely proved futile.

— Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2026
In sick bay, M’Benga tries to remove the table and end his life so Chapel can give up on him, an effort that proves futile.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of futile

Adjective

Darth Vader sports useless tape recorder-style buttons on his chest plate.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
David Shnaiderov, who directs the Nuclear Quantum division at Quantum X Labs, pointed out that simulating particle transport is useless without a practical way to represent real physical shapes.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of useless

Adjective

Ranching is still difficult and often unprofitable work, especially for family operations.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Cramer said Establishment Labs remains unprofitable eight years after going public, and its most recent quarterly loss was larger than Wall Street expected.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of unprofitable

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