Term: waste of effort: a useless effort
Candidate hypernym: act: something that people do or cause to happen → 1
Candidate hypernym: bond trading: trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange) → 0
Candidate hypernym: lightning rod: a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning → 0
Candidate hypernym: assurance: a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something → 0
Candidate hypernym: drive: the act of applying force to propel something → 0
Candidate hypernym: direction finder: radio; determines the direction of incoming radio waves → 0
Candidate hypernym: japanese bittersweet: ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: pinko: a person with mildly leftist political views → 0
Candidate hypernym: auklet: any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts → 0
Candidate hypernym: sericea lespedeza: perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land → 0
Candidate hypernym: dander: small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people → 0