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unprofitable

[uhn-prof-i-tuh-buhl] / ʌnˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl /




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It shed a number of unprofitable events and struck a series of deals targeting more profitable categories.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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

The prospect of massive initial public offerings by unprofitable companies is making a major index provider reconsider its rules.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Then they were silent again, for the idea of not having the ranch, the dry, stony desert of heartbreaking hillside and unprofitable hollow, was shocking to them.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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