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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
profitless
adjective
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▪ Some advertise in the local papers - to my mind quite the most profitless form of contact or recruitment.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Profitless

Profitless \Prof"it*less\, a. Without profit; unprofitable.
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
profitless

1590s, from profit (n.) + -less.

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profitless

a. not yielding profit

WordNet
profitless

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]

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.