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1. futile effort
2. fruitless endeavor
3. vain attempt
4. pointless try
5. unsuccessful effort
6. vain
7. witzelsucht
8. boondoggle
9. die
10. farce
11. feckless
12. fruitless
13. futilitarian
14. good
15. idle
16. idling
17. mockery
18. otiose
19. piffle
20. pointless
21. save
22. saved
23. superfluous
24. unprofitable
25. useless
26. vanity
27. waste
28. wild-goose chase
29. dir
30. emptiness
31. impairment
32. ineffectual
33. nihilism
34. quixotic
35. use
36. aimless
37. abandon
38. abandoning
39. abortive
40. abstract

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