† improfitableadj.

Forms: Also Middle English in-.

Etymology: < im- prefix² + profitable adj., n., and adv.

Obsolete.

Not profitable, unprofitable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding

unspeedya1300

speedless13..

improfitablea1325

unthriftyc1374

unnotefula1400

rewardless1481

thriveless1521

unbehovablea1557

thriftless1568

profitless1574

ungainful1599

unprofiteda1616

unthriving1617

ungaining1632

endlessa1640

gainless1640

improficuous1650

unrewarding1651

uncompensated1775

unrepaying1829

ungainsome1832

blind alley1902

dead end1928

a1325 Prose Psalter lii[i]. 4 Hij ben made inprofitable.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 124 Qwateuer he do, inprofetabyll & intollerabyll it semys.

1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue viii. sig. Dii^v Improffitable for our purpose.

1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 87 Weeds, fern, heath, broom and other improfitable vegetables.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Milk The only Way to make a Cow dry and utterly improfitable for the Dairy.

Derivatives

† imˈprofitableness n. Obsolete unprofitableness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun]

unavailableness1548

inutility1598

disuse1628

disserviceableness1635

uselessness1641

improfitablenessa1643

unusefulness1694

good-for-nothingness1740

non-utility1775

unproductiveness1777

valuelessness1830

unprofiting1867

servicelessness1874

a1643 J. Shute Judgem. & Mercy (1645) 176 Cause..to wish that they had never seene your faces, because of your improfitablenesse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	improfitable
释义	† improfitableadj. Forms: Also Middle English in-. Etymology: < im- prefix² + profitable adj., n., and adv. Obsolete. Not profitable, unprofitable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding unspeedya1300 speedless13.. improfitablea1325 unthriftyc1374 unnotefula1400 rewardless1481 thriveless1521 unbehovablea1557 thriftless1568 profitless1574 ungainful1599 unprofiteda1616 unthriving1617 ungaining1632 endlessa1640 gainless1640 improficuous1650 unrewarding1651 uncompensated1775 unrepaying1829 ungainsome1832 blind alley1902 dead end1928 a1325 Prose Psalter lii[i]. 4 Hij ben made inprofitable. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 124 Qwateuer he do, inprofetabyll & intollerabyll it semys. 1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue viii. sig. Dii^v Improffitable for our purpose. 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 87 Weeds, fern, heath, broom and other improfitable vegetables. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Milk The only Way to make a Cow dry and utterly improfitable for the Dairy. Derivatives † imˈprofitableness n. Obsolete unprofitableness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] unavailableness1548 inutility1598 disuse1628 disserviceableness1635 uselessness1641 improfitablenessa1643 unusefulness1694 good-for-nothingness1740 non-utility1775 unproductiveness1777 valuelessness1830 unprofiting1867 servicelessness1874 a1643 J. Shute Judgem. & Mercy (1645) 176 Cause..to wish that they had never seene your faces, because of your improfitablenesse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1325
随便看	to have two faces in a hood to have two hares afoot or to run after two hares to have two left feet to have two left hands to have two many strings to one's bow to have two minds to have two strings to one's bow to have under advisement to have under governance to have under one's cap to have under one's girdle to have unright to have unthank to have up to have upon hand to have upon hands to have use for to have use of to have vent to have voice in to have war to have way to have weight to have weres to have west in it