profitableness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈprɑfɪtəbəlnəs/ UK /ˈprɒfɪtəbəlnəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the quality of yielding financial gain or benefit

The board questioned the long-term profitableness of the venture.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of yielding... profitabilitylucrativenessremunerativenessgainfulness

Opposites

unprofitablenessworthlessness

Word family

Related forms profitable profit profitably

Etymology

From profitable (from profit, from Latin profectus 'progress, profit', from proficere 'to make progress') + the suffixes -able and -ness.

profectus Latin proficere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# profitableness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈprɑfɪtəbəlnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈprɒfɪtəbəlnəs/

## Meanings
1. the quality of yielding financial gain or benefit

## Examples
- The board questioned the long-term profitableness of the venture.

## Synonyms
- profitability
- lucrativeness
- remunerativeness
- gainfulness

## Antonyms
- unprofitableness
- worthlessness

## Related Forms
- profitable
- profit
- profitably

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: profectus
- Root: proficere

## Etymology
From profitable (from profit, from Latin profectus 'progress, profit', from proficere 'to make progress') + the suffixes -able and -ness.

## AI Etymology
Profitableness is from profitable (from profit, from Latin profectus 'progress, profit', from proficere 'to make progress') + the suffixes -able and -ness. Important recorded forms include profectus (Latin) and proficere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers the quality of yielding financial gain or benefit. The wider family includes related words such as profitable, profit, and profitably.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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