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unprofitable

adjective as in producing no profit or gain

adjective as in useless

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Oddly, Cassano was as likely to direct his anger at profitable traders as at unprofitable ones, for the anger was triggered not by financial loss but by the faintest whiff of insurrection.

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If unprofitable bitcoin miners can raise public debt with the backing of the hyperscalers, then the hyperscalers themselves can undoubtedly do the same.

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Companies such as Microsoft and Alphabet are cash-generating behemoths that bear little resemblance to the unprofitable companies that characterized other frothy market cycles such as the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.

It’s not that their leaders sought to build hopelessly unprofitable vehicles.

Humana said the decline is due to its decision to exit unprofitable plans and counties, a move several health-insurance companies have taken in response to higher Medicare Advantage costs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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