unprofitable

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It is also closing unprofitable stores in North America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

Also, roughly 40% of the companies in the Russell 2000 are unprofitable, making them even more vulnerable to refinancing risk.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

Three-quarters of the latter were unprofitable at the time of their IPOs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

"It's simply unviable to build, unprofitable to build in large parts of the country," warned James Stevens of the Home Builders Federation.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

And as to the woman who would not take my handkerchief in exchange for her bread, why, she was right, if the offer appeared to her sinister or the exchange unprofitable.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë