Profitless vs Inoperative - What's the difference?
profitless | inoperative | Related terms |
not yielding profit
* 1600 , Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing , [http://books.google.com/books?id=2Bs-AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=profitless+shakespeare+much+ado+about+nothing&source=bl&ots=v6uUj5WO9y&sig=S9PwJ9Pr2ZPnHLa19vMJ3-cWXkg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TGl1UO_rCuGSyQHY5ICADg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=profitless%20shakespeare%20much%20ado%20about%20nothing&f=false]:
not working or functioning; either idle or broken
(legal) No longer legally binding
As adjectives the difference between profitless and inoperative
is that profitless is not yielding profit while inoperative is not working or functioning; either idle or broken.profitless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I pray thee, cease thy counsel,
- Which falls into mine ears as profitless
- As water in a sieve...