fool's errand

A task that has little to no chance of being successful or beneficial. Giving the baby a bath before he eats spaghetti is a fool's errand.

A fruitless mission or undertaking, as in Asking the bank for yet another loan was clearly a fool's errand. [c. 1700]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kondwani	kon-DWAH-nee	Southern African, Chewa
Gerulf	GE-ruwlf (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Ludvik	-	Slovene
Mile	MEE-le (Croatian, Serbian)	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Heribert	HE-ree-bert	German
Bartolomeo	-	Italian