unprofitable

Example Sentences

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But Cerebras is a small, unprofitable company that is also burning cash as it builds up a cloud-computing service using its own chips.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The same source also voiced concern some airlines may be using the crisis as an opportunity to drop unprofitable routes.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The women told the BBC they ran up debts as a result of fitting out new stores and running unprofitable stores that lost money, in addition to Covid loans and Vodafone's fines system.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Dutch legacy carrier KLM announced last week it was scrapping nearly one percent of its short-haul flights that had become unprofitable due to high fuel charges.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Suddenly I realized that this unprofitable task of his was probably nothing more than a method of whiling away the early morning hours, much as other insomniacs do crossword puzzles.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt