Difference between Unprofitable and Lean

UNPROFITABLE vs LEAN: NOUN

Low in mineral contents.
Thrifty in management, especially by employing just enough people to accomplish a task or do business.
Containing little excess or waste; spare.
Not productive or prosperous; meager.
Containing little fat or less fat relative to a standard.
Lacking in combustible material.
Not profitable or prosperous
Lacking in mineral content or combustible material
Low in mineral content
Containing little excess
Lacking excess flesh
Not fleshy or fat; thin.
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat.
Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively
Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; slim; not plump; slender; meager; thin; lank

To rely for assistance or support.
To incline the weight of the body so as to be supported: : slant.
To bend or slant away from the vertical.
To have a tendency or preference.
To exert pressure.
To set or place so as to be resting or supported.
To cause to incline.
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating

Synonyms Bootless, unremunerative, fruitless, futile.
Unimproved; unlearned.
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.

To incline or deviate from a vertical position or line; deviate from an erect position; take or have an inclining posture or direction; bend or stoop out of line: as, the column leans to the north; the leaning tower of Pisa; to lean against a wall or over a balustrade.
To deviate from a straight or straightforward line; turn: as, the road leans to the right.
To depend, as for support or comfort: usually with on or upon: as, to lean on one's arm; to lean on the help of a friend.
To bow or bend in submission; yield.
To incline, as in feeling or opinion; tend, as in conduct: as, he leans toward fatalism.
To incline for support or rest.
See lain.
To become lean.
To make lean: as, the climate leans one very soon.
In whaling, to remove the Lean or flesh from (blubber) with the leaning-knife.
Scant of flesh; not fat or plump; spare; thin; lank: as, a lean body.
Free from fat; consisting only or chiefly of solid flesh or muscle: as, lean meat; the lean part of a steak.
Lacking in substance or in that which gives value; poor or scanty in essential qualities or contents; bare; barren; meager: as, a lean discourse; a lean purse; lean soil; lean trees.
Exhibiting or producing leanness.
Among printers, unprofitable; consuming extra time or labor.
Synonyms Spare, lank, gaunt, skinny, poor, emaciated.
Be inclined

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

Gangly, Rawboned, Tend, Wiry, Bony, Lank, Slim, Spindly, Lanky, Stringy, Scrawny, Thin, Trim, Slender, Skinny

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

Gangly, Rawboned, Tend, Wiry, Bony, Lank, Slim, Spindly, Lanky, Stringy, Scrawny, Thin, Trim, Slender, Skinny

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.

Rights to lean sigma handbook pdf free download: lean and waste is like a textbook.
Lean management case study series: Lean in Distribution: Go to Where the Action Is!
Serve both lean six sigma black belt handbook has my name is lean.
Aim for lean sources such as lean beef, chicken, fish, eggs, and tofu.
Fish, lean poultry, or lean cuts of red meat, tofu, dairy products.
Frameworks like the Lean Canvas help startup businesses running lean.
Lean concepts and Lean tools used in process improvement activities.
Lean metrics are important for a successful lean operation.
LEAN before they decided to teach LEAN for NCSU.
Lean Manufacturing Books offers lean novices and veterans alike a complete primer on lean principles and implementation.