subprofitable

Not profitable; failing to make a profit.

Adjective

  1. 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. - 2004, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives,...
    • It is therefore, plausible to assume that a company might not actually loose^([sic]) cash, but simply allocate capital to subprofitable projects. - 2004, U. Steger, The Business of Sustainability, page 9:

Origin

From sub- + profitable.