- wasted effort
- useless attempt at something
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
wasted effort
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wasted — adjective 1) a wasted effort Syn: squandered, misspent, misdirected, misused, dissipated; pointless, useless, needless, unnecessary; vain, fruitless 2) a wasted opportunity Syn: miss … Thesaurus of popular words
wasted — adjective 1. not used to good advantage (Freq. 1) squandered money cannot be replaced a wasted effort • Syn: ↑squandered • Similar to: ↑lost 2. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being … Useful english dictionary
wasted — adjective Date: 15th century 1. laid waste ; ravaged 2. impaired in strength or health ; emaciated 3. archaic gone by ; elapsed < the chronicle of wasted time Shakespeare > 4. unprofitably used, made, or expended … New Collegiate Dictionary
effort — n. 1) to make, put forth an effort 2) to redouble one s efforts 3) to spare no effort 4) to foil, stymie, thwart smb. s efforts 5) an abortive; all out, furious, gallant, great, Herculean, heroic, massive, maximum, painstaking, strenuous,… … Combinatory dictionary
effort — noun 1 physical/mental energy needed to do sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable ▪ hard ▪ It took a whole day of hard effort to knock down the wall. ▪ constant, sustained ▪ … Collocations dictionary
effort */*/*/ — UK [ˈefə(r)t] / US [ˈefərt] noun Word forms effort : singular effort plural efforts Metaphor: When you put a lot of effort into doing something, it is like using a part of your body. Does she have the backbone to stand up to them? Or will she… … English dictionary
wasted — wast|ed [ˈweıstıd] adj 1.) wasted journey/trip/effort etc a journey etc that does not achieve anything ▪ I m sorry you ve had a wasted trip. Mr. Newton isn t here. 2.) very thin and weak because of illness, old age etc ▪ her thin, wasted body 3.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
wasted — adj. Wasted is used with these nouns: ↑effort, ↑journey, ↑opportunity … Collocations dictionary
lost labor — wasted effort, work that was done but did not bring results … English contemporary dictionary
logistics — /loh jis tiks, leuh /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. the branch of military science and operations dealing with the procurement, supply, and maintenance of equipment, with the movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel, with the … Universalium
