profitless

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profitless

Word family

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++prof·it·less /ˈprɒfətləs $ ˈprɑː-/ adjective formal POINTLESSPROFITnot making a profit, or not useful to do 无利的，无利可图的；无益的，不值得做的 OPP profitable —profitlessly adverb

Examples from the Corpus

profitless• Some advertise in the local papers - to my mind quite the most profitless form of contact or recruitment.

prof·it·less adjectiveChineseSyllable

do a making to not Corpus profit, useful not or

profitless
prof‧it‧less /ˈprɒfətləs, ˈprɒfɪtləs $ ˈprɑː-/

adjective formal

Word Family: noun: profit, profitability, profiteering, profiteer; verb: profit, profiteer; adverb: profitably, profitlessly; adjective: profitable ≠ unprofitable, profitless

not making a profit, or not useful to do
OPP profitable
—profitlessly adverb

prof·it·less

BrE

/ˈprɒfɪtləs/

NAmE

/ˈprɑːfɪtləs/

adjective

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formal

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producing no

or useful result 无利可图的；无益的