All profitless synonyms
prof·it
P p adj profitless
- futile — incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
- in vain — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- fruitless — useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
- barren — A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- gainless — unprofitable.
- inutile — of no use or service.
- counterproductive — Something that is counterproductive achieves the opposite result from the one that you want to achieve.
- misspent — spent wrongly or unwisely; wasted: misspent youth.
- drossy — containing dross.
adjective profitless
- nonprofit — not established for the purpose of making a profit; not entered into for money: a nonprofit institution.
- worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
- nothing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- nonfunctional — Not having any particular purpose or function.
- misapplied — mistakenly applied; used wrongly.