Meanings
adjectivenonlucrative (not comparable)
- not comparableNot lucrative.
Like so many other single New Yorkers who stubbornly persist in pursuing fulfilling but decidedly nonlucrative careers, Matthew Thomas, a 32-year-old aspiring novelist, endured a housing history defined by transience and tests of endurance.
2008 February 15, Susan Dominus, “A Co-op for $14,000? It’s No Fiction”, in New York Times
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nonlucrative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonlucrative
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“nonlucrative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonlucrative. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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