Unprofit

(UN-¹ 12. Cf. MDu. onprofijt, MLG. unprofit.)

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1382. Wyclif, Heb. vii. 18. Forsoth reprouyng of the maundement bifore goynge is maad, for the vnsadnesse and vnprofyt of it.

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a. 1420. Wycliffite Bible, Eccl. i. 1, marg. Kunnyng getun bi mannus weye is vnprofit and diseseful.

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c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, I. iii. (1869), 58. Who so hath on this garnement he dooth his profyt, with that that oothere doon here vnprofyt and here harm.

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1483. Cath. Angl., 292/1. Vn Profett,… jncomoditas.

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1598. Florio, Disutile,… vnprofit.

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1840. Browning, Sordello, V. 327. Through his youth’s daybreak of unprofit, quite To his noon’s labour.

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