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View synonyms for gainful
gainful
[ geyn-fuhl ]
adjective
- profitable; lucrative:
gainful employment.
gainful
/ ˈɡeɪnfʊl /
adjective
- profitable; lucrative
gainful employment
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Derived Forms
- ˈgainfully, adverb
- ˈgainfulness, noun
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Other Words From
- gainful·ly adverb
- gainful·ness noun
- un·gainful adjective
- un·gainful·ly adverb
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Example Sentences
College gives way to the greater demands of grad school, gainful employment, and career planning.
From The Daily Beast
Gainful corporations have no such power unless it has been granted by their charter or by statute.
From Project Gutenberg
The proportion of the population engaged in gainful occupation at the present time is significant.
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For hospitals are not engaged in a gainful pursuit, regardless of all humanitarian considerations.
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These convicts were transported by private shippers, and then sold into the colony; and thus it became a gainful enterprise.
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Roughly speaking, Great Britain has twenty million persons in gainful pursuits.
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