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unˈprofitableness
(un-1 12, 5 b; cf. prec.)
1526Tindale Heb. vii. 18 The commaundment..is dis⁓anulled, be cause of his weaknes and vnproffitablenes. 1641Prynne 2nd Pt. Antip. (title-p.), Touching the..unprofitablenesse, and mischievousnesse of Lordly Prelates, both to King, State, Church. 1673Lady's Call. ii. ii. §54 Servants, whose unprofitableness usually increases together with their number. 1765Museum Rust. IV. 269 The unprofitableness arising from their keeping men and horses for that work alone. 1837Hallam Hist. Lit. i. vi. §30 Their yellow leaves, their thousand folio pages, do not more repel us than the unprofitableness of their substance. 1875Manning Mission H. Ghost iv. 116 Learn, then,..your unprofitableness before Him. |