Example Sentences

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The market is concerned about OpenAI’s ability to fulfill its contracts with Oracle and others, given its potential unprofitability.

From Barron's • Dec. 8, 2025

Its vast bond buying has bent a previously quiet market out of shape and sent the cost soaring for those staying in a trade nicknamed the "widowmaker" for its notorious unprofitability.

From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2022

And then there is the issue of unprofitability.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021

The New York-based team languished while the Twitter team in San Francisco focused on more pressing problems, including a decade of unprofitability.

From The Verge • Dec. 20, 2019

With employers of the 1920s fearing labor unrest, there was an effort to communicate that everyone in a company was working together against the forces of unprofitability.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2018