profitless

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profitless
Adjective
  • The pose Harris struck and held through her unsuccessful 2024 campaign for the White House is called the good soldier.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Now, after years of mostly unsuccessful efforts to eliminate windows from cabins, one luxury jet maker appears to be on the verge of doing just that.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The rest of the industry wants to emulate this success, but as many editors know, chasing a trend can be a futile endeavor.
    Rebecca Ackermann, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
  • At least one company ended the workday early, figuring any attempts to get employees back on track would be futile.
    Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But having 10 power play opportunities also made the game somewhat useless.
    Arpon Basu, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • With her charger useless and the screen showing a dangerously low percentage, the reality sank in.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • OpenAI, meanwhile, is unprofitable.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Interestingly, though, brokerage strategists' index targets continue to lag the index itself, professional investors are not yet maxed out on equity risk and even the retail-trader frenzy is short of the 2021 binge on unprofitable tech stocks and meme plays.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Profitless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profitless. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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