unprofitabilityn.
/(ˌ)ʌnprɒfᵻtəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənˌprɑfədəˈbɪlᵻdi/ The fact or quality of being unprofitable.
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1824 New Monthly Mag. 11 302 The ‘weary, stale, and flat’ unprofitability of life.
1932 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 46 519 The traditional theory runs in terms of the profitability or unprofitability of borrowing from the central bank.
1999 M. Shoard Right to Roam ii. 87 Although the privatization of the BWB's canals was discussed during the 1980s, they were saved by their own intrinsic unprofitability.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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