subprofitable

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ profitable.

Adjective

subprofitable (not comparable)

1. Not profitable; failing to make a profit.
   • 2004, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Representatives, page 30480:

     […] and it tends to compete down premiums everywhere else and reduce the profitability of insurance and quite often puts it into a subprofitable mode.

   • 2004, U. Steger, The Business of Sustainability, page 9:

     It is therefore, plausible to assume that a company might not actually loose^[sic] cash, but simply allocate capital to subprofitable projects.