Unprofitable

(adj.) producing little or no profit or gain; 'deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable' .

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• It built up countless acres of hitherto unprofitable land. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I am not going to argue, replied Carriston, smiling, and I agree with you that arguments are unprofitable. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• He was in one of his moods, for the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over again. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She felt how unprofitable contention would be. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• She was roused from these unprofitable considerations by a whispered request from her hostess, who drew her apart as they left the luncheon-table. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He was too busy, too practical, and above all too much preoccupied with his own advancement, to indulge in such unprofitable asides. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• We would neither of us ever convince the other, therefore an argument which has not a common basis from which to start is unprofitable. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• A little renewed practice in French may not be unprofitable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• To purchase land, is, everywhere in Europe, a most unprofitable employment of a small capital. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• A man of real abilities can scarce find out a more humiliating or a more unprofitable employment to turn them to. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• What we want is a good lamp average and no unprofitable customer. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Fagin will make something of you, though, or you'll be the first he ever had that turned out unprofitable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

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