profitless
Without any gain
Profitless means yielding no profit or advantage—unproductive, futile.
A profitless venture loses money or wastes effort.
A profitless argument accomplishes nothing.
The word carries a sense of wasted investment, whether financial or otherwise: After hours of profitless debate, they adjourned without resolution.
Producing no useful outcome
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- pointlessLacking any purpose
- uselessWithout practical value
- unavailingProducing no result
ineffectual · bootless · abortive · unsuccessful · hopeless · idle · purposeless · inconsequential
Failing to produce results
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
fruitless · depleted · exhausted · drained · arid · wasteland · empty-handed
Producing no financial return
- loss-makingFailing to profit
- nonpayingNot providing compensation
- uneconomicNot financially viable
- unviableIncapable of succeeding
unsustainable · insolvent · deficit · bankrupt · costlier · underwater · in the red · breakeven
fruitless
Producing no useful outcome
unavailing · ineffectual · bootless · abortive · unsuccessful · hopeless · idle · purposeless · inconsequential · unproductive
unfruitful
Failing to produce results
unproductive · fruitless · depleted · exhausted · drained · arid · wasteland · empty-handed
unremunerative
Producing no financial return
- loss-makingFailing to profit
- nonpayingNot providing compensation
- uneconomicNot financially viable
unviable · unsustainable · insolvent · deficit · bankrupt · costlier · underwater · in the red · breakeven · marginal
profitlessprofitable
Producing financial benefit
lucrative · remunerative · money-making · gainful · cost-effective
profitlessworthwhile
Meriting effort or attention
rewarding · beneficial · valuable · advantageous · meaningful
profitlessproductive
Generating useful output
fruitful · effective · efficacious · successful · effectual
profit, profits, profitable, nonprofit, unprofitable, profiting, profiteer, profitability, proffered