Difference between Unprofitable and Idle

UNPROFITABLE vs IDLE: NOUN

Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
Silly or trivial
Not in active use
Not in action or at work
Not having a job
Not yielding a return
Without a basis in reason or fact
Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing.
Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed.
A pulley that rests upon a belt to tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and is not used to transmit power.
A gear wheel placed between two others, to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction of revolution.
In vain.
Empty, vacant.
Not turned to appropriate use; not occupied.
Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
Light-headed; foolish.

Not profitable; bringing no profit; producing no gain, advantage, or improvement; serving no useful or desired end; useless; profitless: as, an unprofitable business; an unprofitable servant.
Unimproved; unlearned.
Synonyms Bootless, unremunerative, fruitless, futile.

Of machinery, doing no direct work; merely changing the direction of motion: as, an idle gear; also, running merely to carry transmission-elements: as, an idle pulley (which see).
To spend or waste time in inaction or without employment.
To spend in idleness; waste: generally followed by away: as, to idle away time.
Empty; vacant; not occupied: as, idle hours.
Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.
In a state of disuse; remaining unused.
Useless; ineffectual; vain; bootless; unavailing; futile: as, idle rage.
Of no importance; trivial; irrelevant; flippant; pointless; unprofitable: as, an idle story.
Acting idly or unconcernedly; careless; indifferent.
Slothful; given to rest and ease; averse to labor; lazy: as, an idle fellow.
Wandering in mind; light-headed: an occasional use in old plays.
Exist in a changeless situation
Be idle

Unproductive, Inefficient, Uneconomical, Uneconomic, Unviable, Profitable, Dead, Lean, Inutile, Unrewarding, Idle, Marginal, Useless, Unremunerative, Profitless

Irresponsible, Dead, Otiose, Lackadaisical, Jobless, Stagnate, Unemployed, Laze, Unengaged, Unprofitable, Slothful, Indolent, Lazy, Inactive, Unused

Unproductive, Inefficient, Uneconomical, Uneconomic, Unviable, Profitable, Dead, Lean, Inutile, Unrewarding, Idle, Marginal, Useless, Unremunerative, Profitless

Irresponsible, Dead, Otiose, Lackadaisical, Jobless, Stagnate, Unemployed, Laze, Unengaged, Unprofitable, Slothful, Indolent, Lazy, Inactive, Unused

The point is to eliminate such unprofitable branches.
SGI has remained unprofitable over the past year.
Sales are falling and the products becomes unprofitable.
Trading of Kansas City wheat was slightly unprofitable.
Hint: Unprofitable companies have no income taxes expense.
ALAC has remained unprofitable over the past year.
USA has remained unprofitable over the past year.
Otherwise you may make paid customer acquisition unprofitable.
The unprofitable servant did not lose his salvation.
In this stage, companies often leave unprofitable industries, close capacities, sell unprofitable assets or try to reinvent themselves by introducing new services or products.

During such events, the idle timer should recognize this activity as the session not being idle.
Adjust the idle speed and idle mixture adjustment screws after the engine reaches normal operating temperature.
Idle the boring ones, you can idle them all if you wanted.
Removing Idle Stop Cap from a GM TBI and Adjusting the Idle Set Screw.
To bypassthe idle detent press the IDLE REL switch and close thethrottle.
Subcontractors experiencing project delays incur costs from idle forces and idle equipment.
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Our next pick is the Idle Hybrid from Idle Sleep.
Poor Idle; TB Cleaned; Now Idle is Too High.
You may also specify CITT as a function of idle speed in cases where you have an adjustable warm idle or enhanced idle.