as in unsuccessful
producing no results
an unprofitable effort to find the information
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Recent Examples of unprofitable
Nearly half its coal enterprises are unprofitable, prompting President Vladimir Putin to order emergency support measures in December, Interfax reported.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Many of the packages were unprofitable, since so many of them were direct-to-consumer, low value shipments—hence the additional surge fees.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Mar. 2025
The airline has also reduced unprofitable routes, canceled summer internships, and eliminated employee team-building events that had been a staple for decades.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Southwest has also cut unprofitable routes, summer internships and employee team-building events its held for decades.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unprofitable
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Many of the packages were unprofitable, since so many of them were direct-to-consumer, low value shipments—hence the additional surge fees.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 13 Mar. 2025
The airline has also reduced unprofitable routes, canceled summer internships, and eliminated employee team-building events that had been a staple for decades.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Southwest has also cut unprofitable routes, summer internships and employee team-building events its held for decades.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprofitable
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Nonetheless, Punk had two very unsuccessful, farcical moments in the Octagon, so there could be some credence to Paul’s thought that White wanted nothing else to do with a crossover fight from a WWE Superstar.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Last May, students barricaded themselves inside the building—after dedicating it to the famed Palestinian painter who died in 2024 following unsuccessful appeals for a medical evacuation from Gaza— amid a rising wave of pro-Palestine demonstrations on college campuses across the United States.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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However, these attempts are futile, and such baseless rumors will ultimately be consigned to the dustbin of history.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Impeachment is seen as a largely futile effort, given the near-zero chance that at least 14 Senate Democrats would join Republicans in convicting and removing any of the judges.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Encryption serves as a critical line of defense by rendering intercepted data useless to unauthorized parties.—
Srikanth Bellamkonda,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Because of this, even areas that are just open fields between pockets of good whitetail habitat, or a stand of mature timber that’s largely useless at this time, might provide medium- to long-range travel routes.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprofitable. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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