形容詞 unprofitable:

1. producing little or no profit or gain
2. not worth using
   同義詞：inutile
3. without profit or reward- Shakespeare
   同義詞：profitless

1. Owning much unprofitable land but lacking the capital to improve or maintain it.
   土地多而收入少的擁有大量不能獲利的土地但是又缺乏資金加以改造或維持的
2. He makes some unprofitable speculations.
   他在做些無利可圖的投機(jī)生意。
3. Some firms, like Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. which had hoped to ride out the downturn by paring unprofitable businesses, are now abandoning lines they once viewed as essential, like investment banking.
   有些公司，例如普天壽—貝池證券公司曾希望以逐漸削減沒有利潤的生意的方式度過不景氣，現(xiàn)在放棄商業(yè)融資等原來以為必要的營業(yè)。
4. This business is unprofitable.
   這筆生意是無利可圖的。