"profitless" meaning in English

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "profit",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "profit + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From profit + -less.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more profitless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most profitless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "profitless (comparative more profitless, superlative most profitless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "English terms suffixed with -less",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "profitlessness"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not yielding profit"
      ],
      "id": "en-profitless-en-adj-oSCvEKif",
      "links": [
        [
          "profit",
          "profit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "profitless"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "profitlessness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "profit",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "profit + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From profit + -less.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more profitless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most profitless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "profitless (comparative more profitless, superlative most profitless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not yielding profit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "profit",
          "profit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "profitless"
}