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"etymology_text": "profit + -less",
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"form": "more profitless",
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]
},
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"ref": "1600, Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing",
"text": "I pray thee, cease thy counsel,\nWhich falls into mine ears as profitless\nAs water in a sieve...",
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"not yielding profit"
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