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spinning one's wheels

adjective as in fruitless

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abortive
futile
ineffective
ineffectual
pointless
unproductive
unsuccessful
useless

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barren
empty
gainless
idle
in vain
infertile
profitless
sterile
to no avail
to no effect
unavailable
unavailing
unfruitful
unprofitable
unprolific
vain

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Is it any surprise that, given the topsy-turvy world in which we now live, spinning one’s wheels—formerly the very definition of a fruitless, frustrating activity that is best avoided—has been recast as a diverting recreation, and embraced by a mass audience?

From The New Yorker

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