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However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so long as God has anything left for us to suffer, or anything left for us to do.
Frederick William Robertson

Meaning of "profitless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROFITLESS

profitless  [ˈprɒfɪtlɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFITLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Profitless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROFITLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of profitless in the English dictionary

The definition of profitless in the dictionary is not yielding profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROFITLESS


bitless
ˈbɪtlɪs
dateless
ˈdeɪtlɪs
delightless
dɪˈlaɪtlɪs
flightless
ˈflaɪtlɪs
gateless
ˈɡeɪtlɪs
grateless
ˈɡreɪtlɪs
hateless
ˈheɪtlɪs
lightless
ˈlaɪtlɪs
mateless
ˈmeɪtlɪs
meritless
ˈmɛrɪtlɪs
nightless
ˈnaɪtlɪs
pocketless
ˈpɒkɪtlɪs
poetless
ˈpəʊɪtlɪs
respiteless
ˈrespaɪtlɪs
sightless
ˈsaɪtlɪs
spiritless
ˈspɪrɪtlɪs
sprightless
ˈspraɪtlɪs
stateless
ˈsteɪtlɪs
summitless
ˈsʌmɪtlɪs
witless
ˈwɪtlɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROFITLESS

profit motive
profit squeeze
profit taking
profit warning
profit-making
profit-seeking
profit-sharing
profit-sharing scheme
profitability
profitability study
profitable
profitableness
profitably
profiteer
profiteering
profiter
profiterole
profitlessly
profits tax
profitwise

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROFITLESS

bottomless
costless
countless
crustless
doubtless
effortless
fruitless
heartless
heatless
limitless
meatless
pointless
relentless
restless
shirtless
shitless
spotless
tactless
textless
ventless
weightless

Synonyms and antonyms of profitless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROFITLESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «profitless» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of profitless

Translation of «profitless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROFITLESS

Find out the translation of profitless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of profitless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «profitless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无益
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin provecho
570 millions of speakers

English

profitless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

profitless
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مربح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесполезно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

profitless
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অলাভজনক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans profit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berguna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gewinnlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

利益の上がらない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이윤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora duwe keuntungan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giảm lợi nhuận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலாபமின்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नफा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

faydasız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

profitless
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezkorzystny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

марно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nefolositor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανωφελής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onvoordelig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gagn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

profit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of profitless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFITLESS»

The term «profitless» is normally little used and occupies the 115.306 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFITLESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about profitless

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QUOTES WITH «PROFITLESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word profitless.
1
Frederick William Robertson
However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so long as God has anything left for us to suffer, or anything left for us to do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFITLESS»

Discover the use of profitless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to profitless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Dimwit's Dictionary: More Than 5,000 Overused Words and ...
... inconsiderable; ineffective; ineffectual; infertile; insignificant; inutile; meaningless; meritless; nugatory; null; of no value; pointless; powerless; profitless; sterile; trifling; trivial; unavailing; unimportant; unproductive; unprofitable; unserviceable; ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle
In what way, then, are we to seek those blessings which are necessary to prevent a profitless attention on the means of grace ? — what are some of those holy and voluntary exercises, which indicate a right state of heart in the sight of God ?
‎1839
3
The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle
In what way, then, are we to seek those blessings which are necessary to prevent a profitless attention on the means of grace ? — what are some of those holy and voluntary exercises, which indicate a right state of heart in the sight of God ?
‎1839
4
Marketing Management
Profitless Price Competition. The competitive forces in the modern system do not permit the continuance of a firm if it does not produce new products or make improvements in the existing products. Markets for mature and 'dying products' ...
Julian Vieceli, Michael Valos
5
A Study of the Magmatic Sulfid Ores
I pray thee, cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless As water in a sieve. Give not me counsel ; 5 Nor let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. Bring me a father that so lov'd his child, ...
6
Determinism in the Book of Ecclesiastes
profitless because it cannot change what God has determined.25 This is possible from the immediate context, but why should Qoheleth advocate that God's work be changed? Qoheleth's ambitions seem directed rather at finding 'the work of ...
Dominic Rudman, 2001
7
The Revival of Laissez-faire in American Macroeconomic ...
In the model of perfect competition, the essential condition for profitless production and exchange required 'that men know exactly what they are doing, that no uncertainty is present' (Knight 1921, p. 94). In the dynamic model of perfect ...
Sherryl Davis Kasper, 2003
8
Love and Sympathy in Theravāda Buddhism
He does not say what is untrue, profitless, and unpleasant, nor what is true, profitless, and unpleasant. On the other hand, he knows the right time to say things that are true and profitable, yet are unpleasant. Similarly, he does not say what is ...
Harvey B. Aronson, 1980
9
The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century: Easyread Large ...
CHAPTER. 13. Profitless. Quest. At every step which Harry Warrington took towards Pennsylvania, the reports of the British disaster were magnified and confirmed. Those two famous regiments which had fought in the Scottish and Continental ...
William Makepeace Thackeray, 2008
10
Addicted to Profit: Reclaiming Our Lives from the Free Market
3. 'What. Shall. It. Profit. a. Man?': Profitless. Activities. tion, since it seems likely that it is compassion rather than desire for worldly gain that draws people into participation in these. Religious belief is another obvious area to invite scrutiny, ...
Stuart Sim, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFITLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term profitless is used in the context of the following news items.
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Much of Twitter's opportunity already has been lost
Nine years after its founding, Twitter remains a profitless, distant No. 3 in its largest business — a very weak competitive position. Unless the ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
Ignore The Hype: Splunk Remains Overvalued
A combination of profitless growth, an unattractive pricing model, and overvaluation places Splunk in the Danger Zone this week. «Insider Monkey, Jul 15»
3
Stockman: Amazon Takes Round Trip Through Wall Street's Bubble …
And might we also ask why you would value at $140 billion the profitless sales of an e-commerce monster that just can't stop spending every ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
4
Paul Sayer: Nameless man who gave me the greatest gift
... profitless concern for one's fellow human beings, for which this wonderful Humberside man would have received no credit while he lived. «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
5
Beware The Hype, Splunk Remains Overvalued
With a combination of profitless growth, an unattractive pricing model, and overvaluation, this price increase should raise serious concerns for ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
6
Profitless and fast growing Pepper closes on IPO
In the darkest days of the financial crisis (and in this case more like 2007 than 2008) rumours were rife that Pepper Homeloans, as the company ... «Banking Day, Jul 15»
7
Some Amazon lessons for start-up investors
The prophet of the digital economy has essentially been profitless. This is a paradox that matters at a time when digital companies across the ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
8
Kindnesses remembered
It was a profitless sale for them because those days if you dropped your pen you damaged the nib. Other pupils helpfully told me that Mr. «The Chronicle Journal, Jul 15»
9
Fastenal: The Nuts and Bolts of Undervalued
Markets often misprice securities. There are profitless companies that command huge stock market valuations and terrific firms that get ignored, ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
10
Amazon's profitless path
Twenty years ago today Amazon sold its first book, created the first online book store and went on to become a hugely profitable internet ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

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