Meaning & use
profitable
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Yielding financial gain or benefit; useful or worthwhile.
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The new product line proved highly profitable within its first year.
Reading the report closely turned out to be a profitable use of her time.
A note on using this word
Applies both to making money and, more broadly, to any activity that produces a useful result.
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Words with an opposite meaning
unprofitableworthless
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