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# unprofitable

adjective

«unprofitable» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

In Job, Eliphaz says that Job's talk is useless words that do no good.

**Interpretation.** The book of Job shows friends who give speeches but no real comfort. Tradition sees it as a lesson that empty arguing does not help a suffering person.

### Meaning

Not bringing any good or benefit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unprofitable/#m1)

### Examples

- Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? (Writings JOB.15.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unprofitable/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unprofitable» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unprofitable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unprofitable» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/unprofitable.html) on Mova free.