What is another word for profitlessly?

Pronunciation: [pɹˈɒfɪtləslɪ] (IPA)

Profitlessly refers to doing something without any financial return or benefit. There are several words that can be used as synonyms for this term. One of them is fruitlessly, which means doing something without any good result or achieving anything. Another synonym for this is futilely, which means making an effort or doing something that is useless or pointless. Ineffectively is another synonym for profitlessly, which means not producing any desired or intended effect. Unproductively is also a synonym, which means doing something without producing any useful or desirable outcome. Finally, pointlessly is another synonym that conveys doing something without any purpose or value.

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What are the hypernyms for Profitlessly?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Profitlessly

He caught the sound of her quavering voice as she spoke her thanks and wished him well on this earth; he heard her pant as she shuffled away from his door; then he thought no more of her except to regret that another sixpence had been so profitlessly expended.
"The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart"
Adelbert von Chamisso Wilhelm Hauff
The work of busy bee at a window-pane had at any rate not spoilt her beauty, though she had voluntarily, profitlessly, become this man's drudge, and her sprightly fancy, her ready humour and darting look all round in discussion, were rather deadened.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
But if she had not been profitlessly plagued by masters, Cecilia Travers had been singularly favoured by her father's choice of a teacher: no great merit in him either.
"Kenelm Chillingly, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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