profitlessly

Confused, they have lashed out at themselves and others, ultimately profitlessly and meaninglessly.

After that I went to Sydney and talked profitlessly with seamen and members of the vice-admiralty court.

Driving south, she thought furiously but profitlessly about herself and Freddie and their problems and their options, and nothing seemed to make sense, nothing at all.

Something of the weariness and frustration showed in it, and Rathbone guessed he had been pursuing the case profitlessly for many days and knew his chances were slight, if any.

Relationships between characters are unclear, many scenes neither expand nor expound the story, the camera often lingers profitlessly on its subjects and the performance of Ms. Chaia seems self-conscious and beyond her ability to project subtle emotions.