unprofitable

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Investors and analysts also consider the deal one of the riskiest because Oracle is taking on tens of billions in debt to partner with the unprofitable OpenAI.

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

PwC said NCP had a "high concentration" of inflexible leases that prevented it from reducing costs or scrapping unprofitable car parks.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

The exchange asked it to “explain the commercial rationale for the company’s cross-industry acquisition of a persistently unprofitable target while itself is suffering continuous losses,” the company said in a filing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 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