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Definition of Profitlessly
1. Adverb. Without gain or profit.
Definition of Profitlessly
1. Adverb. In a profitless manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Profitlessly
Literary usage of Profitlessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1865)
"This sanguinary struggle, which is also attended by the disadvantage of uselessly
and profitlessly expending the public treasure and consuming the abundant ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... which impels him despite all obstacles and restraint to strive evermore,
intellectually alone, without approval, profitlessly after an unattainable ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"to a prolonged picnic, the pleasure of which is accompanied by a sense that no
time is being profitlessly spent. Sailing about upon the sunny sea to dip up ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"... were rendered impossible by the conduct of this group of frivolous tourists,
who were simply bent on profitlessly enjoying themselves. ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"to a prolonged picnic, the pleasure of which is accompanied by a sense that no
time is being profitlessly spent. Sailing about upon the sunny sea to dip up ..."
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