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
Two months later, it increasingly seems that such discussion was a wasted effort, as the chance this ballroom will actually be built is rapidly disappearing.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025
“No change, wasted effort and it’s all for nothing,” Espinoza, 51, said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024
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
“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
