Usually means: Not profitable; lacking beneficial qualities.
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  1. ungainful: Merriam-Webster
  2. ungainful: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ungainful: Wordnik
  4. ungainful: Wiktionary
  5. ungainful: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  6. ungainful: FreeDictionary.org

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ungainful)

▸ adjective:  Not gainful.

Similar:
ungainsome, gainful, ungainable, unremunerative, ungainly, gainless, unlucrative, unprofiting, ungratifying, unworthwhile, more...

Opposite:
profitable, lucrative, advantageous, beneficial

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Similar:
ungainsome, gainful, ungainable, unremunerative, ungainly, gainless, unlucrative, unprofiting, ungratifying, unworthwhile, more...

Opposite:
profitable, lucrative, advantageous, beneficial



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