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fool's errand
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.
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]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Kamilla | | - | Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
| Tit | | TEET | Russian |
| Lucinda | | loo-SIN-də (English) | English, Portuguese, Literature |
| Aurelio | | ow-RE-lyo | Italian, Spanish |
| Tallulah | | tə-LOO-lə | English (Rare) |
| Maui | | - | Hawaiian, Polynesian Mythology |