subprofitable

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adjective

Not profitable; failing to make a profit.

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Meanings

adjectivesubprofitable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot profitable; failing to make a profit.

    It is therefore, plausible to assume that a company might not actually loose^([sic]) cash, but simply allocate capital to subprofitable projects.

    2004, U. Steger, The Business of Sustainability, page 9
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    […] and it tends to compete down premiums everywhere else and reduce the profitability of insurance and quite often puts it into a subprofitable mode.

    2004, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Representatives, page 30480

Origin

From sub- + profitable.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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