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Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable.
Leo Burnett

Meaning of "unprofitable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNPROFITABLE

unprofitable  [ʌnˈprɒfɪtəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNPROFITABLE

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

WHAT DOES UNPROFITABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unprofitable in the English dictionary

The definition of unprofitable in the dictionary is not making a profit. Other definition of unprofitable is not fruitful or beneficial.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNPROFITABLE


auditable
ˈɔːdɪtəbəl
charitable
ˈtʃærɪtəbəl
debatable
dɪˈbeɪtəbəl
equitable
ˈɛkwɪtəbəl
evitable
ˈɛvɪtəbəl
fittable
ˈfɪtəbəl
habitable
ˈhæbɪtəbəl
hospitable
ˈhɒspɪtəbəl
inevitable
ɪnˈɛvɪtəbəl
inflatable
ɪnˈfleɪtəbəl
inimitable
ɪˈnɪmɪtəbəl
irritable
ˈɪrɪtəbəl
marketable
ˈmɑːkɪtəbəl
nonforfeitable
nɒnˈfɔːfɪtəbəl
profitable
ˈprɒfɪtəbəl
relatable
rɪˈleɪtəbəl
rotatable
rəʊˈteɪtəbəl
transitable
ˈtrænsɪtəbəl
veritable
ˈvɛrɪtəbəl
writable
ˈraɪtəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNPROFITABLE

unproductive
unproductively
unproductiveness
unproductivity
unprofaned
unprofessed
unprofessional
unprofessional conduct
unprofessionally
unprofitability
unprofitableness
unprofitably
unprofited
unprofiting
UNPROFOR
unprogrammable
unprogrammed
unprogressive
unprogressively
unprohibited

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNPROFITABLE

able
acceptable
accountable
adjustable
comfortable
notable
on the table
palatable
portable
potable
printable
reputable
stable
suitable
table
timetable
unacceptable
uncomfortable
unforgettable
unstable
vegetable

Synonyms and antonyms of unprofitable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNPROFITABLE»

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

Translation of «unprofitable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNPROFITABLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

不赢利的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no rentable
570 millions of speakers

English

unprofitable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाभहीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مربح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

невыгодно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

não lucrativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লাভহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

non rentable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak menguntungkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unrentabel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

利益のない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이익이 없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unprofitable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khô khan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலாபம்ற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्काळजी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kârsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non redditizio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieopłacalna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невигідно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neprofitabile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασύμφορη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nuttelose
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

olönsam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ulønnsom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unprofitable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNPROFITABLE»

The term «unprofitable» is regularly used and occupies the 60.691 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNPROFITABLE» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNPROFITABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unprofitable.
1
Mary Astell
The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.
2
Anne Baxter
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
3
Leo Burnett
Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable.
4
Billy Collins
There are interesting forms of difficulty, and there are unprofitable forms of difficulty. I mean, I enjoy some difficult poetry, but some of it is impenetrable and I actually wouldn't want to penetrate it if I could, perhaps.
5
James F. Cooper
Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.
6
Esther Dyson
It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.
7
Toshihiko Fukui
With weak balance sheets, banks tend to continue lending unprofitable businesses and leave them existing.
8
Ursula K. Le Guin
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
9
Walter Lippmann
A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
10
David Malpass
While Washington pays lip service to the challenges facing small businesses, it repeatedly chooses its own expansion over results. In effect, government has become a huge silent partner in all businesses, often taking a majority of the profits and forcing many unprofitable business decisions without the risk that it will be fired.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNPROFITABLE»

Discover the use of unprofitable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unprofitable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Relationship U-Turn: Approaches to Increase the Value of an ...
Customer relationship management concentrates to a great extent on the profitable customers and how to enhance their profitability.
Kerstin Helmes, 2011
2
Unprofitable Dreams: A Short Story Collection
Unprofitable. Dreams. A short story collection Copyright © 2007 by Julia Rich All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or ...
Julia Rich, 2007
3
Dealing with the Unprofitable Foundation:
T. Chapter. Five. THE. UNPROFITABLE. COVENANT. "And your covenant withdeathshallbedisannulled, and your agreement withhell shallnotstand."( Isaiah28:18) wo young people stood before a priest in the full view of a large congregation.
Dr. D. K. Olukoya, 2014
4
Cost & Effect: Using Integrated Cost Systems to Drive ...
A pharmaceutical company conducted an initial ABC study and found, as expected, that many of its products, especially those produced and sold in small- order quantities, were unprofitable. The company had previously used a direct costing ...
Robert S. Kaplan, 1998
5
Unprofitable Servants: Crown Slaves in Berbice, Guyana, ...
The major strength of this work is that it deals with state slaves, a study that has never been done before in the historiography of slavery in the Americas.
Alvin O. Thompson, 2002
6
Profit Brand: How to Increase the Profitability, ...
UNPROFITABLE CUSTOMERS: IDENTIFY, UPGRADE OR 'FIRE' Customer equity analysis and segmentation inevitably uncovers unprofitable customers. Harvard Business Review estimates that, on average, 15 per cent of all customers are ...
Nick Wreden, 2007
7
Regulatory and Economic Challenges in the Postal and ...
The entrant could accept mail only for recipients on profitable routes in a given contiguous area or it could accept mail for the entire area and turn over mail on unprofitable routes to the incumbent. In reality neither option seems practical, and  ...
Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer, 2005
8
Calendar of the Patent and Close Rolls of Chancery in ...
Grant to Connor M'Murrogh M'Granell of 285 acres of profitable and 382 acres unprofitable, in the barony and county of Leitrim. Grant to Tirlagh M'Granell of 267 acres profitable and 243 acres unprofitable, in the same barony and county.
Ireland. Chancery, James Morrin, 1863
9
Ineffective Habits of Financial Advisors (and the ...
A Framework for Avoiding the Mistakes Everyone Else Makes Steve Moore. c03 JWBT369-Moore PFS September 22, 2010 7:35 Printer Name: To Come Stop Hoarding and Start Disengaging Unprofitable Clients 67 produced a little less than ...
Steve Moore, 2010
10
Finance Ethics: The Rationality of Virtue
Individuals are generally reluctant to admit defeat, and thus management's " regret aversion" may lead it to delay the termination of unprofitable projects.27 Managers pursue apsychic payoff rather than a personal or corporate economic payoff.
John Dobson, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNPROFITABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unprofitable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cut unprofitable production – DairyNZ CEO
Removing unprofitable production from our systems is good for individual farm businesses, and will send the market a signal that New Zealand farmers will not ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Thai Airways Suspends Unprofitable US Flights
The airline will suspend the unprofitable four roundtrip flights per week from Bangkok to Los Angeles and from Bangkok to Rome, starting October 25, Thai ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
3
Loblaws closing 52 unprofitable stores over next 12 months
Loblaw Companies Ltd. plans to close 52 unprofitable stores in Canada over the next year, it says in its second-quarter earnings release. The company made ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
4
Australian wine production 90 percent 'unprofitable' in some areas
Several inland Australian wine regions are almost entirely unprofitable, according to analysis by the country's winemaker federation that highlights a gulf in ... «decanter.com, Jul 15»
5
WM CEO Tells CNBC: Recycling Unprofitable, So 'People Don't Invest'
“And we all know what happens when it becomes unprofitable: people don't ... in “situations like you have today where, where it becomes unprofitable to recycle. «NewsBusters, May 15»
6
Most Amtrak long-distance routes are unprofitable
It's still up in the air how long Amtrak's going to be out of business — or, at best, running reduced service on that Northeast Corridor. But here's a quick hint as to ... «Marketplace.org, May 15»
7
OCBC Seeks to Energize Unprofitable China Consumer Banking Unit
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Southeast Asia's second-largest lender, plans to remodel its unprofitable consumer-banking unit in China and focus on ... «Bloomberg, May 15»
8
CORRECTED-China to allow unprofitable firms to go public …
... law to allow unprofitable companies to sell shares publicly, the official Shanghai ... told the newspaper that unprofitable companies were not necessarily bad ... «Reuters, Mar 15»
9
Amal-Grow is "unprofitable" claim management
One of the Channel Islands' largest vegetable producers could close with the loss of nearly 50 jobs. Amal-Grow, based in Jersey, today confirmed it is ... «ITV News, Feb 15»
10
Inventis sells unprofitable kiwi furniture unit
Feb. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Inventis, the unprofitable furniture and technology company, has sold its New Zealand unit to a Hamilton-based building firm for an ... «Scoop.co.nz, Feb 15»

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