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单词 unprofit
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unprofitn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈprɒfɪt/, U.S. /ˌənˈprɑfət/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and profit n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, profit n.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + profit n. Compare Middle Dutch onprofijt (Dutch †onprofijt), Middle Low German unprofit.Apparently re-formed in the 19th cent.
rare after 16th cent.
Lack of (material or immaterial) profit; unprofitableness, uselessness. Also: †harm, damage (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun]
unfremeOE
unbehevea1200
unbehoofc1275
unneedc1275
unbehofthc1300
unframea1325
unprofitc1384
disadvantagea1387
disprofita1513
disvantage1591
disinterest1662
inadvantage1689
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > disadvantageousness > disadvantage > [noun]
unfremeOE
unframea1325
unprofitc1384
disadvantagea1387
afterdeal1481
inconvenience1578
inconveniency1640
disinterest1662
inadvantage1689
letdown1768
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. vii. 18 Forsoth reprouyng of the maundement bifore goynge is maad, for the vnsadnesse and vnprofyt [L. inutilitatem] of it.
?a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Claud.) (1850) Eccles. i. 1 Gloss. Kunnyng getun bi mannus weye is vnprofit and diseseful.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 58 Who so hath on thilke garnement he dooth his profyt with that that oothere doon here vnprofyt and here harm.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 99v Vn Profit, incommoditas, invtilitas.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Disutile,..vnprofit.
1840 R. Browning Sordello v. 327 Through his youth's daybreak of unprofit, quite To his noon's labour.
1961 F. Duff Mary shall Reign viii. 95 Most of the talents..are hidden in the ground with complete unprofit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

unprofitv.

Forms: see un- prefix2 and profit v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, profit v.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 (compare and- prefix) + profit v. Compare earlier unprofit n.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To cause difficulty or inconvenience.In quot. a1425 possibly transitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [verb (intransitive)]
grievec1350
nuisec1350
unprofita1425
disavailc1425
prejudicate1565
harm1916
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > be disadvantageous [verb (intransitive)]
disavailc1425
unprofit?1541
disconduce1619
to need (something) like a hole in the head1951
a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 34v Incomodo, to vnprofyt.
?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Civ, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens A clere and notable vntemperatnes,..which is the greatest cause..that maye vnproffyte and anoye in the vlceres.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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