fool's errand

noun

1. a completely absurd, pointless, or useless errand.

fool's errand

noun

1. a fruitless undertaking

Idioms and Phrases

A fruitless mission or undertaking, as in Asking the bank for yet another loan was clearly a fool's errand. [c. 1700]

Example Sentences

Teasing out the plot’s tangled threads and expecting each to adhere to logic is a fool’s errand, yet what viewer will insist this type of picture have an airtight story?

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Showing Kyziridis the inside and inviting him to have a crack is a fool's errand, but that's what they did and that's how they fell behind again.

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However, when your destination is itinerant and camouflaged by galaxies of LED lights, finding a particular art car in the dark can be a fool’s errand.

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“I was gently counseled by a writer who does famous men that this was maybe going to be a fool’s errand,” she recalls.

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But they are on a fool’s errand: Crashes are an inevitable feature of not just the stock market but the crypto marketplace as well.

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