profitless

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profitless
Adjective
  • Each unsuccessful vote will be burned in a furnace with chemicals to dye the plume a black color.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025
  • During his unsuccessful 2022 congressional bid, Kent consulted with Nick Fuentes, the young white supremacist, and hired a campaign adviser who was a member of the Proud Boys, a violent far-right group.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Regardless, returning him would be futile, said the president’s aides, as his ultimate fate would be imprisonment, in the United States or elsewhere.
    Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Another recommendation: Attacking Trump’s character, however abhorrent critics may find it, is futile.
    Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Once the borer has entered the stem, insecticides are useless.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Though small, the defect made the telescope mostly useless to astronomers.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Ongoing Profitability Issues: Despite this growth, Upstart remains unprofitable, with a $128 million operating loss over the past four quarters, equating to a -20.4% operating margin.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • This is a clear situation of something that is often seen in activist campaigns – a core business that is hugely profitable but whose profits are being used to fund an unprofitable non-core business.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Profitless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profitless. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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