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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fruitless undertaking.
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- noun idiomatic A
foolish undertaking , especially one that ispurposeless ,fruitless ,nonsensical , orcertain tofail . - noun idiomatic Such an undertaking, assigned as a
prank .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fruitless mission
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