profitability

noun

Definition of profitabilitynext
as in desirability

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  1. desirability
  2. expediency
  3. usefulness
  4. expedience
Noun
  • Homebuyers are often eager to research neighborhood characteristics like access to shopping, school quality, or crime rates because these factors impact liveability, desirability, and safety, and the same logic should apply to researching climate risks.
    Daryl Fairweather, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Beccari estimated that Vuitton hosted a few thousand top clients during the Louis Vuitton and America’s Cup races, and that such affiliations increase the desirability of the brand.
    Miles Socha, WWD, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of desirability
Noun
  • Built for expediency Texas Children's emergency department is next door to its urgent care.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The Trump campaign, and Vance in particular, need to answer and be held accountable for dangerous, racist lies for political expediency.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of expediency
Noun
  • And a million and one other online pages post one-off explanations of how to watch individual games with varying degrees of actual usefulness.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Our review unit also has some unwanted software, namely a McAfee antivirus trial and many HP apps of varying usefulness.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • Make no mistake, Biden is a true patriot — someone who unlike so many cares more about his country, the welfare of its citizens and the Constitution than political expedience and personal gain.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The line between governing and eyeing the next election has become indistinguishable — much to the chagrin of those who wish expedience and partisanship had less influence over lawmakers and their decisions.
    Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
Definition of expedience
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