Gainful

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Providing a gain; profitable: gainful employment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Contrary.
  • adj. Disposed to taking advantage of.
  • adj. Troublesome; fractious; hard to handle.
  • adj. Providing gain; profitable.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Producing profit or advantage; advancing interest or happiness; profitable; advantageous; lucrative.
  • Contrary; disposed to get the advantage; fractious.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. yielding a fair profit
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    profitable   
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    disdainful    painful   
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