The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gainful \Gain"ful\, a. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. "A gainful speculation." --Macaulay. -- Gain"ful*ly, adv. -- Gain"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gainfulness n 1: the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn: profitableness, profitability, gainfulness, lucrativeness] [ant: unprofitability, unprofitableness]