nonprofitable

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adjective

not profitable; not making profit

OriginEnglish profitable ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
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Meanings

adjectivenonprofitable (not comparable)

alternative non-profitable

  1. not comparablenot profitable; not making profit

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishprofitable
  15. Englishnonprofitable

From non- + profitable.

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APA

nonprofitable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonprofitable

MLA

“nonprofitable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonprofitable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonprofitable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonprofitable.

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