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    gainful
    /ˈɡeɪnf(ʊ)l/

    adjective

    • 1. serving to increase wealth or resources; providing money or other benefit: "he soon found gainful employment"

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  2. Gainful means providing money or something else that is useful, such as work or income. Learn how to use this formal adjective in different contexts and see synonyms and related words.

  3. Learn the meaning of gainful, an adjective that means productive of gain or profitable. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for gainful.

  4. Gainful definition: profitable; lucrative. See examples of GAINFUL used in a sentence.

  5. providing something useful such as money or work: The state is making great efforts to guide former welfare recipients into gainful employment.

  6. Jun 16, 2024 · Learn the meaning of 'gainful' as an adjective and adverb, and see examples of its usage in sentences. Find out the synonyms, word frequency, and word origin of 'gainful'.

  7. Define gainful. gainful synonyms, gainful pronunciation, gainful translation, English dictionary definition of gainful. adj. Providing a gain; profitable: gainful employment. gain′ful·ly adv. gain′ful·ness n.

  8. When something is gainful, it is profitable. In other words, it benefits or rewards the person who is doing it.