Unprofitable

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Unprofitable - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

UNPROF'ITABLE, a.

1. Bringing no profit; producing no gain beyond the labor, expenses and interest of capital; as unprofitable land; unprofitable stock; unprofitable employment.

2. Producing no improvement or advantage; useless; serving no purpose; as an unprofitable life; unprofitable study. Job 15.

3. Not useful to others.

4. Misimproving talents; bringing no glory to God; as an unprofitable servant. Mat 25.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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