Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

profitless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: prof-it-less
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

not yielding profit

Example Sentences

"I pray thee, cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitless As water in a sieve..."

Etymology

Etymology tree English profit Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English profitless From profit + -less.

Inflected Forms

more profitless (comparative) most profitless (superlative)

Derived Forms

profitlessly profitlessness

Questions

What does profitless mean?: not yielding profit
Where does profitless come from?: Etymology tree English profit Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English profitless From profit + -less.

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