Of capital or stock: Lying commercially inactive or unemployed, unproductive.

Not yielding profit or financial gain; unremunerative.

Finance. Opposed to active, adj. 5. That functions as a liability rather than an asset; spec. (a) (of a debt) owed by rather than to a person (now…

Of land or other capital: producing no rent; (also of a house, office, etc.) for which no rent is paid. Formerly also: †producing no interest.

That yields no profit or gain; not financially rewarding.

= unremunerative, adj.

Not remunerative.

Originally and chiefly Australian Mining. Incapable of yielding an adequate return; unremunerative, unprofitable.

Business. Commercially disadvantageous or inexpedient; (of a business enterprise) not repaying the expenses of operation or use; insolvent…