KJV Dictionary Definition: unprofitable

unprofitable

UNPROF'ITABLE, a.

1. Bringing no profit; producing no gain beyond the labor, expenses and interest of capital; as unprofitable land; unprofitable stock; unprofitable employment.

2. Producing no improvement or advantage; useless; serving no purpose; as an unprofitable life; unprofitable study. Job. 15.

3. Not useful to others.

4. Misimproving talents; bringing no glory to God; as an unprofitable servant. Matt. 25.

unprofitableness

UNPROF'ITABLENESS, n. The state of producing no profit or good; uselessness; inutility.

unprofitably

UNPROF'ITABLY, adv.

1. Without profit; without clear gain; as capital unprofitably employed.

2. Without any good effect or advantage; to no good purpose.

unprofited

UNPROF'ITED, a. Not having profit or gain.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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