unprofitable

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The scientists said the cost of the project would be at least $9.4 billion—an unprofitable investment that would well surpass the value of the biofuels extracted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The stock got crushed in early 2022 as the market cooled and interest rates rose, triggering a shift out of smaller, unprofitable growth companies.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Administrators PwC said this week it had a "high concentration" of inflexible, long-term leases that prevented it from reducing costs or scrapping unprofitable sites.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Smaller domestic military budgets also reduce the need for companies to kowtow to politicians by maintaining unprofitable operations in their districts or supporting civilian projects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

As they say in Ekumenical School, when action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin