fool's errand
Example Sentences
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Without the prescribed navigation I was accustomed to in a museum, this became a fool’s errand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Attempting to adjust your gold exposure in response to external factors is most likely a fool’s errand.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
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
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
Searching in time when you’ve no idea where in time to search, that’s a fool’s errand.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
