as in unsuccessful
producing no results
an unprofitable effort to find the information
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Recent Examples of unprofitable
SpaceX is also wildly unprofitable.
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Andrew J. Hawkins,
The Verge,
12 June 2026
Summer bookings are strong, and airlines are also getting better at managing capacity with high fuel prices, cutting more unprofitable routes and reducing frequencies.
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Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
OpenAI is also unprofitable, while Anthropic might barely post its first profitable quarter ever at the end of June.
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Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
In some cases, airlines have raised fares or tacked on jet fuel surcharges to ticket prices, while also suspending unprofitable routes.
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Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unprofitable
Andrew J. Hawkins,
The Verge,
12 June 2026
Summer bookings are strong, and airlines are also getting better at managing capacity with high fuel prices, cutting more unprofitable routes and reducing frequencies.
—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
OpenAI is also unprofitable, while Anthropic might barely post its first profitable quarter ever at the end of June.
—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
In some cases, airlines have raised fares or tacked on jet fuel surcharges to ticket prices, while also suspending unprofitable routes.
—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unprofitable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprofitable
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Her 36-year-old NFL star boyfriend was also coming off another season playing for the Kansas City Chiefs, which ended with an unsuccessful campaign for a third consecutive Super Bowl ring.
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However, the efforts were unsuccessful, according to the statement.
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Exciting and futile The Humans to Titan Summit was both exciting and futile, said Pascal Lee, chairman of the Mars Institute and a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute.
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All these plans acknowledge the experience gap, namely that training without arranging relevant work experience is often futile.
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At any rate, upon election my first official act would be to file legislation to do away with the useless job.
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An ultra-secure cloud environment is useless if the identity management policy is lax or if access privileges are not reviewed on a strict need-to-know basis.
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprofitable. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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