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
Stoja	-	Croatian
Garvan	GAHR-van	Irish
Duncan	DUN-kən (English)	Scottish, English
Guido	GWEE-do (Italian), GEE-do (German)	Italian, German
Miska	MEES-kah (Finnish)	Hungarian, Finnish
Dailey	['deili]