unremunerative

English edit

unremunerative (comparative more unremunerative, superlative most unremunerative)

Not remunerative.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia‎^[1], page 118:
  Such a comparatively unremunerative occupation as that of carrying a few score head of cattle six times a year from Port Zodiac to Port Marivelles was not worth a ship-owner's thought […]
- 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 134:
  A very interesting development in the realm of local transport is the completion of an independent enquiry into transport services in rural areas, with particular reference to the closure of unremunerative branch lines and connections between bus and train services.