subprofitableとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

sub- +‎ profitable

形容詞

subprofitable (not comparable)

1. Not profitable; failing to make a profit.
   • 2004, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Representatives (page 30480)

     […] and it tends to compete down premiums everywhere else and reduce the profitability of insurance and quite often puts it into a subprofitable mode.

   • 2004, U. Steger, The Business of Sustainability (page 9)

     It is therefore, plausible to assume that a company might not actually loose^[sic] cash, but simply allocate capital to subprofitable projects.