unprofitable
adjective
being without profit; not showing or turning a profit.
unprofitableness
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a word derived from
unprofitable.
Example Sentences
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The "unprofitableness of agriculture," the "general unattractiveness of rural life."
From Time Magazine Archive
Nations are under no illusion as to the unprofitableness of war in itself....
From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell
I feel my unprofitableness, but was never more resolved to cleave to my best Friend than now.
From Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York by John Lyth
I do it with reluctance, and with a constant remembrance of my own unprofitableness.
From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by John Charles Ryle
Set by once more for a season to feel my unprofitableness and cure my pride.
From The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne by Andrew A. Bonar
