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Vinony

profitless

adjective

  1. useless/unprofitable/yielding no profit
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English profit Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English profitless From profit + -less.

  1. not yielding profit

    “I pray thee, cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless As water in a sieve...”