Unemployed vs Unprofitable - What's the difference?
unemployed | unprofitable | Related terms |
Having no profession (despite being able and willing to work).
Having no use, not doing work
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Not making a profit.
Unemployed is a related term of unprofitable.
As adjectives the difference between unemployed and unprofitable
is that unemployed is having no profession (despite being able and willing to work) while unprofitable is not making a profit.As a noun unemployed
is unemployed people.unemployed
English
Adjective
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Synonyms
* (having no job) jobless, out of work (used only after the noun ), out-of-workUsage notes
* This is not a true noun. It is an example of a "fused-head" construction in which an adjective (or possessive or determiner) is assumed to have fused with an omitted noun which is grammatically required.Synonyms
* joblessunprofitable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Being a professional poet is a nice job, albeit unprofitable .