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1. futile effort: sisyphetask
 2. fruitless endeavor
3. vain attempt
4. pointless effort
5. lost cause
6. waste
7. save
8. saved
9. ineffectual
10. mockery
 11. vanity
12. nihilism
13. barren
14. boondoggle
15. die
16. dir
17. feckless
18. fruitless
19. futilitarian
20. futility
 21. good
22. idle
23. idling
24. ineffective
25. needless
26. nugatory
27. otiose
28. piffle
29. pointless
30. stultify
 31. superfluous
32. unavailing
33. unprofitable
34. useless
35. vain
36. void
37. wild-goose chase
38. farce
39. impairment
40. quixotic

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