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  • adjective not profitable; not making profit

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non- +‎ profitable

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Examples

  • "With crude-oil prices high and likely to remain high, margins are set to remain under pressure, and we would expect further closures of simple, nonprofitable refineries in both the U.S. and Europe as the year progresses," said Amrita Sen , a Barclays Capital oil analyst.

    Petroplus to File for Insolvency Konstantin Rozhnov 2012

  • This coming together should not be done only to fight wars that are nonprofitable to true Americanism.

    CNN Poll: Is Obama taking too long on Afghanistan decision? 2009

  • It confirms our view that Lagard è re is more actively managing its portfolio, looking to exit non-controlled and/or nonprofitable businesses.

    Lagard Ruth Bender 2010

  • As Jon Walker put it, “This sounds like a recipe to price out the old (nonprofitable) and force only the young (profitable) to buy insurance.”

    SEIU Pounds the Health Bill after White House Throws them Under the Bus - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState 2009

  • For the second: Coordination in the efforts of companies might turn a nonprofitable market into a profitable one by stabilizing it.

    Creative Capitalism Michael Kinsley with Conor Clarke 2009

  • "Early termination would remove sales that would otherwise be nonprofitable, so sales that are retained likely reveal modest patterns of strategic trade," Mr. Jagolinzer wrote in a recent paper.

    Medarex's Pien Passes Up a Windfall 2009

  • For the second: Coordination in the efforts of companies might turn a nonprofitable market into a profitable one by stabilizing it.

    Creative Capitalism Michael Kinsley with Conor Clarke 2009

  • For the second: Coordination in the efforts of companies might turn a nonprofitable market into a profitable one by stabilizing it.

    Creative Capitalism Michael Kinsley with Conor Clarke 2009

  • Valuing nonprofitable activities such as social programs, community programs, and employee welfare programs seems rooted more in individual differences than in socialization processes within the organization.

    The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

  • There are too many examples to mention but profit for private companies comes years after the government shoulders the nonprofitable research.

    Think Progress » Bolten Defends Rove’s False Claims on Stem Cells: Karl ‘Knows A Lot of Stuff’ 2006

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