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- Dictionaryunprofitable/ʌnˈprɒfɪtəbl/
adjective
- 1. (of a business or activity) not yielding profit or financial gain: "the mines became increasingly unprofitable"
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adjective. uk / ʌnˈprɒf.ɪ.tə.b ə l / us / ʌnˈprɑː.fɪ.t̬ə.b ə l / Add to word list. not making a profit: Rural railway lines risk being axed because they are unprofitable. Synonym. loss-making. Opposite. profitable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Profits & losses. anti-profiteering. anti-speculative. be a licence to print money idiom.
The meaning of UNPROFITABLE is not profitable : producing no gain, good, or result. How to use unprofitable in a sentence.
Unprofitable definition: being without profit; not showing or turning a profit. See examples of UNPROFITABLE used in a sentence.
adjective. us / ʌnˈprɑː.fɪ.t̬ə.b ə l / uk / ʌnˈprɒf.ɪ.tə.b ə l / Add to word list Add to word list. not making a profit: Rural railroad lines risk being axed because they are unprofitable. Synonym. loss-making. Opposite. profitable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Profits & losses. anti-profiteering. anti-speculative.
Definitions of unprofitable. adjective. producing little or no profit or gain. “deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable ”. synonyms: unproductive. not producing or capable of producing. dead, idle. not yielding a return.
An industry, company, or product that is unprofitable does not make any profit or does not make enough profit.
adj. 1. Bringing in no profit or profits: an unprofitable business venture. 2. Serving no useful purpose: an unprofitable argument. un·prof′it·a·bil′i·ty, un·prof′it·a·ble·ness n. un·prof′it·a·bly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
