Synonym: fruitless, profitable. Similar words: profitable, nonprofit, unpredictable, profit, profits, at a profit, profit motive, profit margin. Meaning: adj. 1. producing little or no profit or gain 2. not worth using 3. without profit or reward.
61. And over time, the economic analogue of natural selection operates as the market determines which firms are profitable and which are unprofitable, and tends to winnow out the latter.
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