Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UN-PROF'IT-A-BLE, 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 xv.
3. Not useful to others.
4. Misimproving talents; bringing no glory to God; as, an unprofitable servant. Matth. xxv.