The phrase
"fruitless exercise" means doing something that won't achieve any positive or useful results, no matter how much effort is put into it. It can be seen as a waste of time and energy.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«fruitless»
«exercise»
Sentences with «fruitless exercise»
- So trying to get your dog to stop chewing can be a frustrating and ultimately fruitless exercise. (nylabone.com)
- but offering to lend money to a Monevator reader is, I suspect, likely to be a somewhat fruitless exercise. (monevator.com)
- Notice that the returns you get (intellectual, psychic, and monetary) take years to arrive, and that estimating every day what your degree had done for you would be a fruitless exercise. (thedigeratilife.com)
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