wasted effort
Example Sentences
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Instead of empowering employees and reducing pressure on managers, delegation leads to frustration for both, as well as wasted effort and low motivation for team members.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
Yet it wasn’t wasted effort: Her advocacy for “Ulysses” paved the way for its eventual U.S. publication, with the controversy helping its cause.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
"The Fallen Sun" is not a wasted effort, to be clear.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2023
But what was looking like a wasted effort quickly became a close call.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 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
