as in unsuccessful
producing no results
an unprofitable effort to find the information
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Recent Examples of unprofitable
The low $500 cap on loan amounts and the prohibition on collecting attorneys fees often made suing people unprofitable.
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Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 5 May 2025
In arguing for the reforms three years ago, insurers said that the industry had become unprofitable due to an avalanche of frivolous lawsuits filed under a century-old Florida law.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Many insurers last year exited unprofitable Medicare Advantage markets due to higher medical costs and lower reimbursement rates from the federal government.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
With dynamic reasoning and new TPUs, Google could begin lowering the sky-high costs that have thus far made generative AI unprofitable.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
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Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 5 May 2025
In arguing for the reforms three years ago, insurers said that the industry had become unprofitable due to an avalanche of frivolous lawsuits filed under a century-old Florida law.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Many insurers last year exited unprofitable Medicare Advantage markets due to higher medical costs and lower reimbursement rates from the federal government.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
With dynamic reasoning and new TPUs, Google could begin lowering the sky-high costs that have thus far made generative AI unprofitable.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprofitable
Adjective
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One game after the Oilers were unsuccessful in challenging that Bennett interfered with Stuart Skinner during the game’s first goal, Bennett toppled over Skinner after getting contact from Ekholm later in the period.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Efforts to reach Suncor officials for this story were unsuccessful.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Cutting spending wasted on a futile pursuit of a global empire is not just a fiscal necessity.—
Ron Paul,
Oc Register,
20 May 2025
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Desperate Steve Kerr frequently toggled his non-Draymond Green big men as late as the second round of the playoffs in a futile effort to contain the giants of the Minnesota Timberwolves around the rim.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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And beyond… Generalizations can be either good or bad, useful or useless.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The character who can go through walls is useless, because beyond the walls is nothing but dirt.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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“Unprofitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprofitable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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