1526. Tindale, Heb. vii. 18. The commaundment … is disanulled, be cause of his weaknes and vnproffitablenes.
1641. Prynne, 2nd Pt. Antip. (title-p.), Touching the … unprofitablenesse, and mischievousnesse of Lordly Prelates, both to King, State, Church.
1673. Lady’s Call., II. ii. § 54. Servants, whose unprofitableness usually increases together with their number.
1765. Museum Rust., IV. 269. The unprofitableness arising from their keeping men and horses for that work alone.
1837. Hallam, Hist. Lit., I. vi. § 30. Their yellow leaves, their thousand folio pages, do not more repel us than the unprofitableness of their substance.
1875. Manning, Mission H. Ghost, iv. 116. Learn, then,… your unprofitableness before Him.
