as in unsuccessful
producing no results
an unprofitable effort to find the information
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Recent Examples of unprofitable
Meanwhile, the Big Three remain unprofitable on EVs and slow to scale, a struggle tied to a lack of supportive policies from the federal government, according an expert.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Among several actions taken later that cited the energy emergency was an order to the Department of Energy to develop a process to keep unprofitable coal plants operational in order to avert power outages.
—Karen Yourish, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
But annual revenue fell back to $104 million by 2022, and the company was unprofitable in the post-pandemic landscape, precipitating the bankruptcy filing.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
As with a number of other carriers industrywide, JetBlue has been weeding out unprofitable or marginally profitable routes and destinations from its network.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Among several actions taken later that cited the energy emergency was an order to the Department of Energy to develop a process to keep unprofitable coal plants operational in order to avert power outages.
—Karen Yourish, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
But annual revenue fell back to $104 million by 2022, and the company was unprofitable in the post-pandemic landscape, precipitating the bankruptcy filing.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
As with a number of other carriers industrywide, JetBlue has been weeding out unprofitable or marginally profitable routes and destinations from its network.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprofitable
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The new complaint was filed 20 years after Burrowes first claimed in an unsuccessful civil case that Combs may have put out a hit on Shakur and Knight.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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All have been unsuccessful due to his status as a suspect in multiple violent crimes.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Rockies’ brass, however, doesn’t believe the future is futile.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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For a company of its size, competing on scale is futile.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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This method is a significant departure from traditional chemical recycling techniques like pyrolysis, which operate at lower temperatures (450–600°C) and produce over a hundred different by-products, many of which are useless.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Economists usually look at new jobs, but immigration is now very low, making that figure useless as a measure of how the economy is doing.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprofitable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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