Term: wild-goose chase: the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable
Candidate hypernym: process: (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents → 1
Candidate hypernym: fairy: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers → 0
Candidate hypernym: premium bond: a government bond that bears no interest or capital gains but enters the holder into lotteries → 0
Candidate hypernym: salvation: the state of being saved or preserved from harm → 0
Candidate hypernym: shortia: any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: southern baptist convention: an association of Southern Baptists → 0
Candidate hypernym: deactivation: the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) → 0
Candidate hypernym: dead weight: a heavy motionless weight → 0
Candidate hypernym: driftfish: small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide → 0
Candidate hypernym: turnout: (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip → 0
Candidate hypernym: machinist: a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools → 0