unprofitable
adjective
un·prof·it·able
ˌən-ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl 
-ˈpräf-tə-bəl
: not profitable : producing no gain, good, or result
an unprofitable venture
unprofitableness
noun
Examples of unprofitable in a Sentence
an unprofitable effort to find the information
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As a barometer for capital flows and market confidence, Goldman’s beat underscores how volatility, while unsettling, isn’t always unprofitable.
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Catherine Baab, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2025
Without a clear understanding of financial metrics like cash flow, profit margins, and breakeven points, a business can quickly become unprofitable.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Over the course of not quite three decades, hunters killed off so many California sea otters that Russia’s fur business became unprofitable, and those loooong supply lines to the politically fraught homeland became even harder to keep up.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
South Africa was once the world's largest gold producer, but large-scale industrial mining became unprofitable and many mines have closed, laying off tens of thousands of workers.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
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Catherine Baab, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2025
Without a clear understanding of financial metrics like cash flow, profit margins, and breakeven points, a business can quickly become unprofitable.
—Melissa Houston, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Over the course of not quite three decades, hunters killed off so many California sea otters that Russia’s fur business became unprofitable, and those loooong supply lines to the politically fraught homeland became even harder to keep up.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
South Africa was once the world's largest gold producer, but large-scale industrial mining became unprofitable and many mines have closed, laying off tens of thousands of workers.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unprofitable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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