unprofitableness

[uhn-prof-i-tuh-buhl]

un·prof·it·a·ble

[uhn-prof-i-tuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
2.
pointless or futile: an unprofitable three years in a routine job.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English. See un-1, profitable

un·prof·it·a·ble·ness, un·prof·it·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·prof·it·a·bly, adverb
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Unprofitableness is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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unprofitable (ʌnˈprɒfɪtəbəl)
 
adj
1.  not making a profit
2.  not fruitful or beneficial
 
unprofita'bility
 
n
 
un'profitableness
 
n
 
un'profitably
 
adv

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