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
"The Fallen Sun" is not a wasted effort, to be clear.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2023
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
But if the infected person is the opposite of a superspreader, someone who for whatever reason does not transmit the virus, contact tracing can be a wasted effort.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2020
Mary Lou and I set the table, although I think it was largely a wasted effort.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
