unprofitable

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The stock got crushed in early 2022 as the market cooled and interest rates rose, triggering a shift out of smaller, unprofitable growth companies.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

“Wine has lost that halo,” said Judy Chan, who heads Grace Vineyards, a family-run Chinese winery that was unprofitable last year as its business dropped off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

PwC said NCP had a "high concentration" of inflexible leases that prevented it from reducing costs or scrapping unprofitable car parks.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Still, most AI startups remain unprofitable, partly due to the high costs of developing the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Mr. Sharpe and the new investors made us sensible of how unprofitable were the products of crayon, quill, and fiddle.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson