profitless

"You would not expect them to fight over a profitless undertaking."

Whether they were or not was a subordinate and almost always a profitless question."

If ever there were a profitless exercise, that is it!"

Chicago could hardly have selected a more profitless time for her great exposition.

Not to flaunt him; she had no thought of profitless cruelty.

For the first time in his long, painful, profitless life, Quark had absolutely nothing to say.

Then he reminded himself that anger at his own stupidity was profitless.

Then the talk was of "profitless growth" and "pushing on a string."

Some advertise in the local papers - to my mind quite the most profitless form of contact or recruitment.

The money was better spent that way than in profitless war." '

And the anticipated loss for the fourth quarter is likely to make 1988 an essentially profitless year.

Behind this chain of profitless crime, he could discern a hidden purpose.

I hurled myself at the light in a mad rage but it was a profitless gesture.

High costs can make for a profitless prosperity.

They concluded it was profitless to cultivate British friendship.

It took decades of profitless feminist agitation before women were allowed to play traditional male sports.

There is a temptation on both sides for the pupil to spend his time doing this, but it soon becomes rather profitless.

Pat tore his mind away from this singularly profitless reverie.

Unfortunately, during the last years, farmers had to eradicate big part of their vineyards, as they became profitless.

"You have indeed accomplished your ends; a profitless conquest and its conqueror's death."

'As you wish, husband, but I fear it will be profitless.

"We find that our size is hindering us in regaining momentum after a profitless period."

My guess is that police departments look on the issuance of such warning tickets as "profitless."

She wondered briefly what angle Willie would be working on, then put speculation aside as profitless.

The era of expansion was one of "profitless growth".