as in unsuccessful
producing no results
trying to reason with her is always a profitless enterprise
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Recent Examples of profitless
But rising interest rates, tighter regulation of BNPL services, and investor skepticism toward profitless growth led Klarna to slash operating costs, cut staff, and seek capital at progressively lower valuations.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for profitless
Adjective
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Investigators said that an initial PIT maneuver was unsuccessful, but a second one caused the truck to crash into another vehicle and roll over onto its side – an incident that was caught on home surveillance video.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Jeremy Brandon Johnson, 53, of Eveleth, was pronounced dead at the scene after lifesaving measures were unsuccessful.—
Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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But this story has a happier, less futile ending.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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To complain about cramps was futile.—
Nami Mun,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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In other words, Greg had thought insomnia a problem of the rich, the weak, the useless, the indulgent, the lazy.—
Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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But those GPUs are useless without the memory chips stacked alongside them, and Samsung’s three fabrication complexes in South Korea are among the most important pieces of the AI industrial boom.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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And like the rocks on display, both are artifacts from an earlier time long before fast-growing, deeply-unprofitable AI shook the world.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Shih recalled a conversation with a memory maker about three years ago, when the industry was unprofitable and the executive was waiting for the right part of the cycle to break ground on a new fab.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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“Profitless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profitless. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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