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Answer for the clue "Expert is left gambling on dollar with no gain ", 10 letters:
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 profit—and this appears to be shaping up as a particularly profitless venture.