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producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable"
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profitable yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market"
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unproductive not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive"
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unsuccessful not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome
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useless having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"
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idle,
dead not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
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lean not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
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marginal producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries"
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