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gainful

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore G words

providing profit or income; productive

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Gainful in a sentence

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After months of searching, she finally found gainful employment that paid the bills.

Synonyms
profitablelucrativeremunerativeproductive
Antonyms
unprofitablefruitless
Common questions

Questions about “gainful

Gainful (adjective) means providing profit or income; productive
Here is gainful used in an example sentence: "After months of searching, she finally found gainful employment that paid the bills."
Common synonyms for gainful include profitable, lucrative, remunerative, productive.
Antonyms of gainful include unprofitable, fruitless.
Gainful is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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