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unremunerative

ADJECTIVE
unprofitable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fruitless futile idle useless
WEAK
barren dry frustaneous gainless hopeless inutile pointless profitless sterile unavailing unfruitful unlucrative unrewarding vain
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fruitful productive profitable useful working worthwhile
WEAK
beneficial gainful helpful successful valuable
ADJECTIVE
unprofitable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
unsuccessful worthless
WEAK
nonprofit profitless unlucrative
Antonyms
WEAK
beneficial fruitful gainful helpful productive profitable successful useful valuable

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She sought the aid of the Society for the Reinvigoration of Unremunerative Branch Lines in the United Kingdom, but found the society hopelessly sentimental and impractical on the subject.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unremunerative employment, no doubt, especially to one ignorant of the art of working quickly, rather than well.

From Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Gaboriau, Émile