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Expert is left gambling on dollar with no gain
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profitless
Word definitions for profitless in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from profit (n.) + -less .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Some advertise in the local papers - to my mind quite the most profitless form of contact or recruitment.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. without profit or reward; "let us have no part in profitless quarrels"- D.D.Eisenhower; "How weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world"- Shakespeare [syn: unprofitable ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Profitless \Prof"it*less\, a. Without profit; unprofitable. --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. not yielding profit
Usage examples of profitless.
Well, the conversation was not as profitless as it might appear, for I was sure that it had almost convinced Ras Thavas that I was equally as ignorant of the fate of Valla Dia as was he.
Meddling foreigners we are, but we don't qualify as exploiters unless we show a profit—and this appears to be shaping up as a particularly profitless venture.
Meddling foreigners we are, but we don't qualify as exploiters unless we show a profitand this appears to be shaping up as a particularly profitless venture.