adj
Meaning 1
not yielding profit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
profitless
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Meaning 2
without profit or reward- D.D.Eisenhower- Shakespeare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- let us have no part in profitless quarrels
- How weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English profit Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English profitless From profit + -less.