PROFITLESS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

profitless

adjective

Definition of profitless

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. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025

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Adjective

Her 36-year-old NFL star boyfriend was also coming off another season playing for the Kansas City Chiefs, which ended with an unsuccessful campaign for a third consecutive Super Bowl ring.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 4 July 2026
However, the efforts were unsuccessful, according to the statement.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 July 2026

Definition of unsuccessful

Adjective

Exciting and futile The Humans to Titan Summit was both exciting and futile, said Pascal Lee, chairman of the Mars Institute and a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 3 July 2026
All these plans acknowledge the experience gap, namely that training without arranging relevant work experience is often futile.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of futile

Adjective

At any rate, upon election my first official act would be to file legislation to do away with the useless job.

— Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 2 July 2026
An ultra-secure cloud environment is useless if the identity management policy is lax or if access privileges are not reviewed on a strict need-to-know basis.

— Vicente Pava, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of useless

Adjective

Banks must hold more capital and allocate balances to high-quality liquid assets, lowering returns and, occasionally, making the business unprofitable.

— Gary Palmer, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Digital services taxes are structured such that governments can collect revenue from large companies that operate online — even if the business is unprofitable.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 26 June 2026

Definition of unprofitable

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