(adj-na,n) futility
uselessness
pointlessness
(P)
(n) blossom which fails to produce fruit
(n) chatter
idle talk
(n) useless
waste of time and effort
pointless
vain efforts
(n,vs) visit for no reason
go on fool's errand
(n) living idly
(n,vs) gossip
idle talk
chat
(n,vs) wasting ... on (e.g. money)
squandering
waste
frittering away
(P)
(n,vs) wasting ... on (e.g. money)
squandering
waste
frittering away
(n,vs) (sens) dying in vain
(n) (comp) dead time
(n,vs) eating between meals
living idly
(exp,vs-i) to render futile
to bring to naught
to waste
to not make good use of
(exp,v5k) to exclude wastefulness
(n,vs) laboring in vain or for no result
labouring in vain
(exp,adj-i) (uk) make good use of
make the most of
(exp,v5k) to chatter pointlessly
to waste one's breath
(exp,v5r) (obsc) (id) to waste one's efforts
to work to no (useful) effect
(exp,v5k) to chatter pointlessly
to waste one's breath
