unremunerative

Definitions

Not providing a profit or financial gain.

Not yielding a reward or benefit for one's efforts.

Examples

The small business owner decided to close the shop after realizing that the venture had become entirely unremunerative.

Investing in such an unremunerative project would be a poor financial decision for the company.

Synonyms

unprofitable fruitless non-paying gainless unrewarding barren thankless

Antonyms

profitable lucrative remunerative gainful rewarding paying advantageous