unprofitably

1. 1.

   without gain or profit

   Synonymsprofitlesslygainlessly
2. 2.

   in an unproductive manner

   Synonymsunproductivelyfruitlessly

   Antonymsprofitably

Questions about unprofitably

What does unprofitably mean?

unprofitably means "without gain or profit". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unprofitably?

unprofitably has 5 syllables: un-pro-fi-ta-bly. The stress falls on "fi".

What is another word for unprofitably?

Close synonyms include profitlessly, gainlessly, unproductively, fruitlessly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unprofitably?

The recorded antonyms are profitably.

Is unprofitably a common word?

unprofitably is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.