wasted effort
Example Sentences
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Rather than let AI panic thrust you into wasted effort, do these three things instead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
"The Fallen Sun" is not a wasted effort, to be clear.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2023
However, many well-intentioned people often don’t know the true causes of—and solutions to—this crisis, resulting in what’s at best wasted effort, and at worst harming what they’re trying to support.
From Scientific American • May 24, 2022
But if the infected person is the opposite of a superspreader, someone who for whatever reason does not transmit the virus, contact tracing can be a wasted effort.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2020
“I am the Terrible Trivium, demon of petty tasks and worthless jobs, ogre of wasted effort, and monster of habit.”
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
