unprofitt (unprofit)

Want of profit; unprofitablene ; usele ne . unprofitable (un-prof'i-ta-bl), a. [ME. unprof itable; Not with grief, for that is unprofitable. Heb. xiii. 17. Any beast unprofitable for service they kill. Capt. John Smith , True Travels, I. 35. 2t. Unimproved; unlearned. 2. Not fit or proper; not suited; improper. Jer. Taylor, Real Presence, х. properly. Vnproperly ascribed to Caucasus. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 41. unprophetic, unprophetical (un-pro-fet'ik, -i-kal), a. Not prophetic; not foreseeing or not predicting future events. ... A noble race is perishing at the hand of that unprop it i- able avenger who waits on secular misconduct. The Academy, March 28, 1891, p. 296. unpropitious (un-pro-pish'us), a. Not prop i- tious; not favorable; inauspicious. Now flamed the dog-star's unpropitious ray, Smote every brain, and wither'd every bay. to fynde comunly amonges the poeple. Chaucer, Boëthius, i. prose 1. =Syn. Bootle , unremunerative, fruitle , futile.