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subprofitable

adj

Etymology

From sub- + profitable.

  1. derived from profitable
  2. prefixed as subprofitable — “sub + profitable”

Definitions

  1. Not profitable

    Not profitable; failing to make a profit.

    • […] and it tends to compete down premiums everywhere else and reduce the profitability of insurance and quite often puts it into a subprofitable mode.
    • It is therefore, plausible to assume that a company might not actually loose^([sic]) cash, but simply allocate capital to subprofitable projects.

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