unprofitablenessn.

c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: Heb. (Selwyn) (1904) vii. 19 (MED) Þanne is þe raþere comaundement reprefed for his infirmyte & his vnprofytabelnesse [L. inutilitatem], for þe lawe brouȝte no man to perfeccyoun.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. vii. 18 The commaundment..is dis~anulled, be cause of his weaknes and vnproffitablenes.

1641 W. Prynne Antipathie ii. (title page) Touching the..unprofitablenesse, and mischievousnesse of Lordly Prelates, both to King, State, Church.

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. ii. §54 Servants, whose unprofitableness usually increases together with their number.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 269 The unprofitableness arising from their keeping men and horses for that work alone.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vi. 517 Their yellow leaves, their thousand folio pages, do not more repel us than the unprofitableness of their substance.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iv. 116 Learn, then,..your unprofitableness before Him.

1933 Mod. Philol. 30 376 Despite its seeming unprofitableness, the History went through six subscription editions.

2002 G. Zanini Assisting Russia’s Transition 80/1 This had an adverse impact on its activities and caused unprofitableness of its operations.