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
Laetitia	-	Late Roman, French
Jarrod	JER-əd, JAR-əd	English
Sylvia	SIL-vee-ə (English), SUYL-vee-ah (Finnish)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German
Kimberlee	KIM-bər-lee	English
Coen	KOON	Dutch
Kristine	kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German)	Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, English, German