Profitless (Adjective)
Meaning
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.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The company's efforts to expand into the new market proved to be profitless, resulting in significant financial losses.
- After years of working in the non-profit sector, she realized that her efforts were largely profitless, but still fulfilling.
- The politician's speech was criticized for being profitless, failing to offer any concrete solutions to the country's economic problems.
- The artist's latest exhibition was deemed profitless by critics, who saw it as a rehashing of old ideas rather than a bold new direction.
- The team's profitless season was a disappointment to fans, who had been hoping for a championship win.