as in unsuccessful
producing no results
an unprofitable effort to find the information
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Recent Examples of unprofitable
With dynamic reasoning and new TPUs, Google could begin lowering the sky-high costs that have thus far made generative AI unprofitable.
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Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
The founder of a small business in Boise says the Trump administration’s tariffs would make a large portion of its sales unprofitable.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2025
Ongoing Profitability Issues: Despite this growth, Upstart remains unprofitable, with a $128 million operating loss over the past four quarters, equating to a -20.4% operating margin.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
This is a clear situation of something that is often seen in activist campaigns – a core business that is hugely profitable but whose profits are being used to fund an unprofitable non-core business.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
The founder of a small business in Boise says the Trump administration’s tariffs would make a large portion of its sales unprofitable.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2025
Ongoing Profitability Issues: Despite this growth, Upstart remains unprofitable, with a $128 million operating loss over the past four quarters, equating to a -20.4% operating margin.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
This is a clear situation of something that is often seen in activist campaigns – a core business that is hugely profitable but whose profits are being used to fund an unprofitable non-core business.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprofitable
Adjective
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Officials said he was found semiconscious on the River Trail on June 30 but resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Efforts to refloat the ship during high tide on Thursday were unsuccessful.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Cutting spending wasted on a futile pursuit of a global empire is not just a fiscal necessity.—
Ron Paul,
Oc Register,
20 May 2025
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Desperate Steve Kerr frequently toggled his non-Draymond Green big men as late as the second round of the playoffs in a futile effort to contain the giants of the Minnesota Timberwolves around the rim.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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The character who can go through walls is useless, because beyond the walls is nothing but dirt.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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And beyond… Generalizations can be either good or bad, useful or useless.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprofitable. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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