adjective
- not making or likely to make a profit; losing money
- not useful or beneficial; serving no worthwhile purpose
Examples
- The restaurant became unprofitable after losing most of its customers.
- Many small farms are unprofitable without government subsidies.
- The company decided to close its unprofitable divisions.
- It would be unprofitable to argue about such minor details.
- The meeting turned into an unprofitable discussion that solved nothing.
- Investing in that technology proved unprofitable for the startup.
- She found the lengthy debate unprofitable and left early.