Definition of "unprofitably" [unprofitably]

• In an unprofitable manner. (adverb)

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• "During those fifteen to sixteen years, we had spent a great deal of time, a great deal of effort, and a great deal of money in unprofitably pursuing this development."
• "The manufacturing capacity auto makers had in place to unprofitably churn out cars as they struggled to meet labor obligations, for example, is capacity that, postreorganization, they aren't going to tap."
• "There is no need to fire any customers because a firm does not spend differentially to serve them; there are essentially no unprofitably high-maintenance shoppers, except those that have a chronic habit of returning items after trying them out."