profitless
🇬🇧 UK/'prɒfitlis/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLB2
Definitions
adj.
Producing no profit or benefit; yielding no reward.
无利可图的,无益的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.profitless venture无利可图的投资
- 2.[profitless endeavor]徒劳无益的努力
- 3.profitless negotiations毫无成效的谈判
- 4.prove profitless被证明无益
Example Sentences
- 1.
After years of profitless negotiations, both sides finally agreed to a compromise.
- 2.
The venture proved profitless and was quietly shut down within a year.