fool's errand in English

noun

1

a task or activity that has no hope of success.

I've never been a big person for fool's errands .

Use "fools errand" in a sentence

1. He sent me on a fool's errand .

2. 3 Many believed this was a fool's errand.

3. 1 He sent me on a fool's errand .

4. I won't be sent on a fool's errand again!

5. 5 I'm afraid you're going on a fool's errand.

6. His fool's errand will keep him most occupied...

7. 4 Many believed this was a fool's errand.

8. 4 I'm afraid you're going on a fool's errand.

9. A fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African …

10. 5 It'seems that someone has sent you on a fool's errand, Colonel.

11. 6 It'seems that someone has sent you on a fool's errand, Colonel.

12. Or maybe they saw through your fool's errand on behalf of Brody's daughter.

13. 2 It's a fool's errand trying to get Lena to join in anything.

14. 9 Even in quiet times, predicting the paths of exchange rates is a fool's errand.

15. 8 It was a fool's errand and there wasn 't any gold to be found.

16. 8 Even in quiet times, predicting the paths of exchange rates is a fool's errand.

17. 7 It was a fool's errand and there wasn 't any gold to be found.

18. 7 I went for an interview yesterday, but a fool's errand. The job had already been filled.

19. 3 Predictably, this fool's errand finds her up to her neck in a morass of inconclusive forensics.

20. 6 I went for an interview yesterday, but a fool's errand. The job had already been filled.

21. 14 Predictably, this fool's errand finds her up to her neck in a morass of inconclusive forensics.

22. Synonyms for Bootless errand include wild-goose chase, fool's errand, lost cause, merry chase, merry dance, red herring, snipe hunt, vain attempt, wasted effort and …

23. A fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump [Bunch III, Lonnie G.] on Amazon.com

24. See: (there's) no fool like an old fool (you) could have fooled me (you) couldA fooled me A fool and his money are soon parted A fool at 40 is A fool forever A fool may give a wise man counsel A fool's errand A fool's paradise a man who is his own lawyer has A fool for a client act the fool act/play the fool an attorney who represents himself has A fool

25. See: (there's) no fool like an old fool (you) could have fooled me (you) couldA fooled me A fool and his money are soon parted A fool at 40 is A fool forever A fool may give a wise man counsel A fool's errand A fool's paradise a man who is his own lawyer has A fool for a client act the fool act/play the fool an attorney who represents himself has A fool