Gainful
adjective
Making a profit, or being financially beneficial.
She had struggled for years before finding gainful employment.
Often appears as...
- gainful employment
- gainful activity
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Making a profit, or being financially beneficial.
She had struggled for years before finding gainful employment.
Often appears as...
- gainful employment
- gainful activity
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Outcome
'Gainful' implies that an activity is resulting in a beneficial way, especially financially.
He turned his passion for music into gainful work.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Collocation
'Gainful employment' is the most frequent pairing, meaning a job that pays and sustains one’s life.
After graduation, her priority was finding gainful employment.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Money
'Gainful' sometimes refers to intangible benefits like experiences and personal development.
Volunteering can be considered gainful if it enriches your life.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Outcome
'Gainful' implies that an activity is resulting in a beneficial way, especially financially.
He turned his passion for music into gainful work.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Collocation
'Gainful employment' is the most frequent pairing, meaning a job that pays and sustains one’s life.
After graduation, her priority was finding gainful employment.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Money
'Gainful' sometimes refers to intangible benefits like experiences and personal development.
Volunteering can be considered gainful if it enriches your life.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Outcome
'Gainful' implies that an activity is resulting in a beneficial way, especially financially.
He turned his passion for music into gainful work.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Collocation
'Gainful employment' is the most frequent pairing, meaning a job that pays and sustains one’s life.
After graduation, her priority was finding gainful employment.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Money
'Gainful' sometimes refers to intangible benefits like experiences and personal development.
Volunteering can be considered gainful if it enriches your life.
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advantageousbeneficialfruitfullucrativeproductiveprofitableremunerativereward
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common acacia trees or Virgilio trees down on the river sort of side of the sabi sands was gainful and it's called the centered thorn
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Quote examples
Leonard Boswell
American Politician
As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it.
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Stan Van Gundy
American Coach
Exacerbating the problem of mass incarceration is that, even after someone is released from prison, the stigma of a misdemeanor or felony conviction makes finding gainful employment difficult, if not impossible.
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Chris Gardner
American Businessman
Finding gainful employment to pay for housing is hard for any veteran experiencing homelessness. It's even more difficult for veterans who've also had encounters with police and stints in jail.
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John Layfield
American Businessman
If a guy has served time and served his sentence, he deserves the right to gainful employment, but he does not deserve the right to be put at the front of the list.
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Dean Acheson
American Statesman
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.
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Valerie Harper
American Actress
That's very unusual for an actor, to have gainful employment that they are secure in, that they know is going to be there year after year.
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Pamela Meyer
American Author
Truth in our society often takes a back seat to securing gainful consequences.
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Leonard Boswell
American Politician
As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it.
Quote examples
Stan Van Gundy
American Coach
Exacerbating the problem of mass incarceration is that, even after someone is released from prison, the stigma of a misdemeanor or felony conviction makes finding gainful employment difficult, if not impossible.
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Chris Gardner
American Businessman
Finding gainful employment to pay for housing is hard for any veteran experiencing homelessness. It's even more difficult for veterans who've also had encounters with police and stints in jail.
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John Layfield
American Businessman
If a guy has served time and served his sentence, he deserves the right to gainful employment, but he does not deserve the right to be put at the front of the list.
Quote examples
Dean Acheson
American Statesman
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.
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Valerie Harper
American Actress
That's very unusual for an actor, to have gainful employment that they are secure in, that they know is going to be there year after year.
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Pamela Meyer
American Author
Truth in our society often takes a back seat to securing gainful consequences.
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