Unprofiting ppl. a.

(UN-¹ 10.)

1616.  B. Jonson, Epigr., I. xc. The vnprofiting foole, Vnwonthy such a mistris.

1693.  Fleetwood, Serm., 18. Another sort of unprofiting Hearers, are represented … by the Seed that fell among the Thorns.

1880.  Victorian Rev., I. 602. Finding themselves in a hopeless and unprofiting minority.