profitless
- s without profit or reward
let us have no part in profitless quarrels"- D.D.Eisenhower
- The second five-year plan had to be abruptly cut back because it was creating a profitless drain on foreign exchange.
- It was able to weather those early days of profitless experimentation because it had a rich, patient backer: Wal-Mart heir John Walton, who pumped $250 million into First Solar .
- There was no question that for many a dealer prosperity was indeed proving profitless.