unprofitableness

Lack of gain

The quality or condition of yielding no profit, benefit, or advantage.

The word appears in older texts, particularly religious and philosophical writing, where it describes pursuits or endeavors that bring no worthwhile return: the unprofitableness of worldly ambition.

Modern usage typically favors unprofitability for financial contexts.

futility

futility

Lack of purpose

vainness · ineffectuality · purposelessness · barrenness · bootlessness · inefficacy · hollowness · emptiness · unproductiveness · sterility

financial

deficit

Amount still owed

red ink · shortfall · losses · receivership · liquidation · foreclosure · default · underperformance · write-off · devaluation

inefficiency

unproductive

Failing to achieve results

impractical · cumbersome · unwieldy · unoptimized · time-consuming · laborious · squandering · misallocation · deadweight

Opposites
financial return

unprofitablenessprofitableness

Quality of yielding gain

profitability · lucrativeness · moneymaking · profit · prosperity

usefulness/value

unprofitablenessusefulness

Practical value or purpose

productiveness · fruitfulness · advantageousness · value · worthwhileness

Family

profit, profits, profited, profiting, profitable, profitability, profitably, unprofitable, unprofitably

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G