profitless
English
Etymology
profit
+
-less
Adjective
profitless
(
comparative
more
profitless
,
superlative
most
profitless
)
not yielding
profit
1600
, Shakespeare,
Much Ado About Nothing
:
I pray thee, cease thy counsel,
Which falls into mine ears as
profitless
As water in a sieve...
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