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Definition of gainful

adjective

[attributive]
  • serving to increase wealth or resources:he soon found gainful employment

Derivatives

gainfully

adverb
[as submodifier]:she was gainfully occupied

gainfulness

noun

gainful in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of gainful in the US English dictionary
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