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The "unprofitableness of agriculture," the "general unattractiveness of rural life."

From Time Magazine Archive

We have had so much experience of the unprofitableness of former afflictions, that we know not what the Lord shall do with us.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Then the commandment that went afore, is disannulled, because of his weakness and unprofitableness.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

The theory—though it throws a lurid light on the unprofitableness of a soldier's profession when there is no war to justify his existence—is not devoid of sense.

From Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital by Muir, Ward

It was Mr. Roger Greenhales, who farmed as a hobby, at a considerable yearly loss, to prove that the outcry against the unprofitableness of English land-culture was ridiculous.

From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George