unprofitable
adjective
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Synonyms
abortive, barren, bootless, empty, fruitless, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, otiose, profitless, unavailing, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, vain
Antonyms
deadly, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, fruitful, potent, productive, profitable, successful, virtuous
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Recent studies show that as much as one-third of Iowa鈥檚 corn and soybean land is unprofitable to cultivate. — Timothy A. Wise, WIRED, "Big Ag Is Sabotaging Progress on Climate Change," 28 Aug. 2019 The airline stopped unprofitable service to the Israeli city in January 2016. — BostonGlobe.com, "April strike cost Stop & Shop $345m in net sales," 9 Aug. 2019 A鈥橤aci closed more than 20 unprofitable locations as part of the bankruptcy and a federal judge approved the retailer鈥檚 reorganization plan last summer. — Madison Iszler, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio retailer shutters online store, closing shops," 6 Aug. 2019 Shutterstock Are the nuclear plants really unprofitable? — David Roberts, Vox, "Ohio just passed the worst energy bill of the 21st century," 27 July 2019 A month earlier, Lidl gave up on China as unprofitable. — The Economist, "Aldi and Lidl are doing less well at home," 25 July 2019 Some financial inclusion experts also think that, generally speaking, for-profit models are prone to leaving behind some unprofitable segment of the broader population. — John Detrixhe, Quartz, "Elizabeth Warren is siding with Google and Amazon when it comes to digital payments," 25 July 2019 Tech companies, especially unprofitable ones like Uber, are growing increasingly interested in subscriptions as a way to lock in monthly recurring revenue streams. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, "Uber is testing an all-in-one subscription for rides, food delivery, bikes, and scooters," 23 July 2019 Though the company is unprofitable, margins are trending in the right direction, with the firm losing about 17.5 cents per dollar revenue in 2018 compared to 22.4 cents the year prior. — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, "Brace Yourself: SmileDirectClub is the Latest Unicorn to File for an IPO," 16 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unprofitable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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