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exercise in futility

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exercise in futility (plural exercises in futility)

  1. A course of action doomed to be futile.
    • 2009 August 8, Tahereh Ghanaati, “The War in Afghanistan: An Exercise in Futility”, in Press TV‎[1]:
      Many feel that the continued war in Afghanistan is nothing more than an exercise in futility - and with good reason.

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