as in unsuccessful
producing no results
an unprofitable effort to find the information
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Recent Examples of unprofitable
The zombie companies made Japan’s economy less efficient and slower-growing, and left generations of Japanese working at unprofitable businesses.
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Allison Schrager, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The reason cited at the time by then REI CEO Eric Artz was that the operation was unprofitable.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
OpenAI, meanwhile, is unprofitable.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
The business is currently unprofitable, and Forbes estimates gross margins at 35%.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Allison Schrager, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The reason cited at the time by then REI CEO Eric Artz was that the operation was unprofitable.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
OpenAI, meanwhile, is unprofitable.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
The business is currently unprofitable, and Forbes estimates gross margins at 35%.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprofitable
Adjective
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The Mellon family foundation did not respond to Fortune’s request for comment, and attempts by the Times to reach Mellon were unsuccessful.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The two-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Understanding each other is futile.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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The court fights all proved futile, however.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But to borrow Manidis’s framework, the drive to create such a tool conflates useless toil with meaningful labor.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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The rules of grammar were useless now, and never truly rules.—
Sam Lipsyte,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprofitable. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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