fool's errand
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It’s a fool’s errand at this moment to guess where any of this turns out or which party ends up ahead in the remapping effort.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
According to history, betting against Microsoft’s stock over the longer term has been a fool’s errand.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
Trying to assign an exact reason to Bitcoin’s collapse can be a fool’s errand, but one risk increasingly cited by short sellers is the rise of quantum computing, S3 said.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
And when it comes to healing, understanding the exact contribution to improvement is a fool’s errand.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026
But Rosencrantz was not at the ball, for he had been sent by Hamlet on a fool's errand.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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