profitless
adjEtymology From profit + -less.
1
not yielding profit
- I pray thee, cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless As water in a sieve...1600, Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing:
- Derived terms
- profitlessly, profitlessness
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