gainfulness

2 definitions found

gainfulness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gainful \Gain"ful\, a.
     Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. "A gainful speculation."
     --Macaulay. -- Gain"ful*ly, adv. -- Gain"ful*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

gainfulness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gainfulness
      n 1: the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn:
           profitableness, profitability, gainfulness,
           lucrativeness] [ant: unprofitability,
           unprofitableness]