adj.

1. Bringing in no profit or profits: an unprofitable business venture.
2. Serving no useful purpose: an unprofitable argument.

unprofitability un·prof'it·a·bil'i·ty or un·prof'it·a·ble·ness n.
unprofitably un·prof'it·a·bly adv.

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adjective

Having no useful result: barren, bootless, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unsuccessful, useless, vain. Idioms: in vain. See thrive/fail/exist, used/unused.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: producing little or no profit or gain
  Antonym: profitable (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: not worth using
  Synonym: inutile

Meaning #3: without profit or reward
  Synonym: profitless

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - profitløs, urentabel, nyttesløs, formålsløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
onrendabel, nutteloos

Français (French)
adj. - (Fin) non rentable, (fig) improductif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unrentabel, nutzlos, wenig einträglich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεπικερδής, ασύμφορος

Italiano (Italian)
non redditizio, inutile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - não lucrativo, improfícuo

Русский (Russian)
нерентабельный, невыгодный, бесприбыльный (об организации), бесполезный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - no lucrativo, inútil, contraproducente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - inte progressiv, reaktionär, stillastående

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
无利益的, 不上算的, 不赚钱的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無利益的, 不上算的, 不賺錢的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이익이 없는, 아무 쓸모없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 利益にならない, 無駄な, 利益のない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مربح, غير مكسب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא רווחי‬

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