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profitable

[prof-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
advantageous; money-making
Synonyms
STRONGEST
beneficial commercial cost-effective effective fruitful good lucrative practical productive rewarding successful useful valuable worthwhile
WEAK
assisting conducive contributive effectual favorable gainful going in the black instrumental paid off paying paying well pragmatic remunerative self-sustaining serviceable sustaining sweet well-paying
Antonyms
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fruitless impotent incapable unfruitful unhelpful unproductive unprofitable unskilled useless valueless worthless
WEAK
disadvantageous

Example Sentences

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These book-tax gaps can make companies appear profitable on financial statements even in years when their tax bill is temporarily small.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Brinkman pointed to earnings per share, a key metric that shows how profitable a company is.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

But in border regions like O Smach casinos were the most profitable business, taking advantage of gambling bans in neighbouring countries like Thailand and China.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Firefly and Rocket Lab aren’t expected to be profitable in 2026, so they don’t have PE ratios.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

So, rather than pay for professionals, as would be sensible and safe, the churches in Tarbean took the more profitable path of selling demon masks.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss