a waste of energy

A useless, vain, or redundant effort or action. It turns out the boss had already chosen a direction for the project, so my presentation was a complete waste of energy.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jacques	ZHAHK	French
Isidoro	ee-see-DHO-ro (Spanish), ee-zee-DO-ro (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Thomason	['tɔməsn]
Florrie	FLAWR-ee	English
Peronel	-	English (Archaic)
Kseniya	KSYE-nee-yah	Russian