“+ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from un- (I) + profitable
: not profitable : producing no profit, gain, good, or result : profitless , useless , vain , idle
in all this straining after symmetry there is an unprofitable overcomplication — Robert Humphrey
miners … turned to the deposits that the companies had abandoned as unprofitable — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania
• un·profitableness “+ noun
• un·profitably “+ adverb