fool's errand
a completely absurd, pointless, or useless errand.
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How to use fool's errand in a sentence
What did your father mean by sending you on such a fool errand?
The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot | Edward S. Ellis"I'd like to see myself walk that distance for any such fool errand," growled the ranger.
The Young Wireless Operator--As a Fire Patrol | Lewis E. TheissWe began in Nicaragua first, after we left that schooner and her fool errand.
Victory | Joseph Conrad
British Dictionary definitions for fool's errand
a fruitless undertaking
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with 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]
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