unprofitable

Example Sentences

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Unprofitable technology businesses, speculative shell companies and meme stocks have all fallen out of favor in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Unprofitable ticket prices notwithstanding, long-distance train travel dropped by 5.4 percent between the 2010 and 2018 fiscal years, while air travel rose by nearly 24 percent.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021

Unprofitable charters won’t end any time soon because the fastest growth in oil demand is in Asia not western economies, said Tufton Oceanic’s Vergottis.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 6, 2011

Unprofitable heavy-equipment divisions have been sold off, red-inked offices closed, personnel trimmed, including a cut in the headquarters office force from 2,000 to 200.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world Have hung upon the beatings of my heart.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John