IMPROFICUOUS ADJ. unprofitable, profitless, unrewarding ...1650 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from im- + proficuous (adj. profitable, beneficial, useful), from Latin proficuus (profitable, advantageous, beneficial, useful) + -uus, (suffix forming adjectives) + -ous FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1650 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...and as we prune luxurious Vines, so wee may take away and freely coerce that improficuous matter of Haire; nourishing of extraordinarie long Haire, having been ever infamous to Men in all ages..." From: Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform'd: or, The Artificiall Changling - John Bulwer
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