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