Profitable
Profitable adjective - Yielding a profit.
Usage example: selling real estate on the side turned out to be a profitable venture for the stay-at-home mom
Unprofitable
Unprofitable adjective - Producing no results.
Usage example: an unprofitable effort to find the information
Profitable is an antonym for unprofitable in topics: useless, producing no profit or gain, not profitable.
Both words in one sentence
- And occasionally, a show just gets Screwed by the Network and it doesn't matter if the show was profitable, or more often, the show becomes unprofitable thanks to the screwing.
Source: Cancellation
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