unprofitable

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Three-quarters of the latter were unprofitable at the time of their IPOs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

And IPOs of unprofitable tech companies with $100 million or more in inflation-adjusted past-year sales?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

The company is also unprofitable and basing its roughly $1.77 trillion valuation largely on the prospects of its nascent artificial-intelligence unit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"It's simply unviable to build, unprofitable to build in large parts of the country," warned James Stevens of the Home Builders Federation.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The group’s current president, Carrie Chapman Catt, agreed, calling the protesters “unwise and unprofitable to the cause.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling