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Define the word unprofitable

"Unprofitable" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Unprofitable \Unprofitable\
   See profitable.

"unprofitable" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

unprofitable
     adj 1: producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned
            by mining companies as unprofitable" [ant: profitable]
     2: not worth using [syn: inutile]
     3: without profit or reward; "let us have no part in profitless
        quarrels"- D.D.Eisenhower; "How weary, flat, stale, and
        unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world"-
        Shakespeare [syn: profitless]

"unprofitable" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "unprofitable":
   abortive, barren, bootless, deleterious, detrimental,
   disadvantageous, disserviceable, fruitless, futile, gainless,
   harmful, ineffective, inefficient, injurious, losing,
   nonremunerative, otiose, pointless, prejudicial, profitless,
   purposeless, rewardless, sterile, unadvantageous, unavailing,
   unfavorable, unfruitful, unproductive, unremunerative, unrewarding,
   useless, worthless