fool's errandnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfuːlz ˈer.ənd/us/ˌfuːlz ˈer.ənd/an effort that is unlikely to be successful:
It's a fool's errand trying to get Lena to join in anything.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Useless and futile
- a mug's game idiom
- adrift
- aimless
- airy-fairy
- be at a loose end idiom
- flaccid
- for the hell of it idiom
- frivolous
- fruitless
- futile
- motiveless
- negate
- no good idiom
- nugatory
- ornamental
- use
- useless
- vain
- vainly
- what good is ... idiom
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