unprofitability

Thân thiện

The company's unprofitability led to its closure.

Definition

Noun: * The quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profit: The state or condition of not being profitable; the inability to generate financial gain or positive returns.

Usage

This noun describes the characteristic of an activity, business, venture, or asset that fails to produce a profit or a beneficial outcome. It is often used in financial, business, and economic contexts to assess performance.

Examples

• The persistent unprofitability of the division led to its eventual closure.
• Investors were concerned about the project's long-term unprofitability.
• The report highlighted the unprofitability of maintaining such a large inventory of unsold goods.

Advanced Usage

• Conceptual Unprofitability: Can be extended beyond pure finance to describe endeavors that yield no positive return on invested time, effort, or resources.
  • He realized the unprofitability of arguing with someone who refused to listen.

Variants and Related Words

• Unprofitable (adjective): Not yielding profit or financial gain.
  • The store had an unprofitable year.
• Profitability (noun): The opposite quality; the degree to which a business or activity yields profit or financial gain.
• Nonprofitability (noun): A less common synonym.

Synonyms

• Loss-making
• Non-profitability
• Unremunerative nature

Antonyms

• Profitability
• Gainfulness
• Lucrativeness
• Remunerativeness

Học thuật

Noun

1. the quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profit

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unprofitableness