Unprofitable Synonyms and Antonyms

ŭn-prŏfĭ-tə-bəl
Producing but little financial return
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. unthrifty
  2. ill-requited
  3. ill-paid
  4. profitless
  5. costly
  6. expensive
  7. unlucrative
  8. unremunerative
Antonyms:
  1. profitable
  2. gainful
  3. productive
Useless
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fruitless
  2. useless
  3. barren
  4. futile
  5. pointless
  6. hopeless
  7. unavailing
  8. vain
  9. bootless
  10. dry
  11. frustaneous
  12. gainless
  13. idle
  14. inutile
  15. unsuccessful
  16. profitless
  17. sterile
  18. unfruitful
  19. unlucrative
  20. unremunerative
  21. unrewarding
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. inutility

Words Related to Unprofitable

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Unprofitable Sentence Examples

  • The post was unprofitable, and Wagner's life at this period was very unsettled.

  • Under the guidance of Pericles the Athenians renounced the unprofitable rivalry with Sparta and Persia, and devoted themselves to the consolidation and judicious extension of their maritime influence.

  • I spent fourteen months at Magdalen College; they proved the fourteen months the most idle and unprofitable of my whole life."

  • The peasant got rid of a hateful drudgery which not only took up his time and means in an unprofitable manner, but placed him under the rough control and the arbitrary discipline of stewards or reeves and gave occasion to all sorts of fines and extortions.

  • In each case, rapidly increasing freight charges made the projects unprofitable.

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