profitable

[prof-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

advantageous; money-making

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beneficial commercial cost-effective effective fruitful good lucrative practical productive rewarding successful useful valuable worthwhile

WEAK

assisting conducive contributive effectual favorable gainful going in the black instrumental paid off paying paying well pragmatic remunerative self-sustaining serviceable sustaining sweet well-paying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fruitless impotent incapable unfruitful unhelpful unproductive unprofitable unskilled useless valueless worthless

WEAK

disadvantageous

Example Sentences

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Buffett liked the monopoly status of newspapers, which has been largely destroyed over the past 20 years, leaving the industry greatly shrunken and far less profitable.

From Barron's

“Things that make clients more profitable are generally good things for us,” he said, highlighting AI’s potential to improve productivity.

From The Wall Street Journal

He admits the business isn't profitable yet, and the bills are piling up.

From Barron's

They tend to be less profitable for lenders, but they can help first-time and low-income home buyers get into the market.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s not that there isn’t a market there. It’s just we couldn’t find a way to compete and be profitable.”

From The Wall Street Journal

profitable

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