| Hopeless - lacking purpose |
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| Number Sue removed was ineffectual (2,3) |
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| "It's pointless" |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2023 |
| 'Don't waste your time' |
New York Times |
16 May 2023 |
| Futile |
Wall Street Journal |
06 May 2023 |
| Hopeless |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2022 |
| Futile |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Apr 2022 |
| “Don’t even bother” |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jan 2022 |
| Futile |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2021 |
| Pointless |
Universal |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Futile |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2021 |
| Pointless |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2021 |
| 'It'll never work' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Dec 2020 |
| "Don't even bother" |
Universal |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Pointless |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Pointless |
USA Today |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Pointless |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Sep 2019 |
| Hopeless |
The New Yorker |
22 Jul 2019 |
| 'It's futile' |
New York Times |
18 May 2019 |
| 'I give up!' |
The Washington Post |
29 Mar 2019 |
| "I give up!" |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2019 |
| 'It's a waste of time' |
New York Times |
17 Feb 2019 |
| Of __ (pointless) |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2019 |
| "I give up!" |
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| Pointless |
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| "It's futile" |
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| "It's a waste of time" |
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| Hopeless |
Jonesin |
22 May 2018 |
| Futile |
The Washington Post Sunday |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Pointless |
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| "We tried everything" |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2017 |
| Futile |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jul 2017 |
| "It's ___!" (quitter's lament) |
USA Today |
16 Jun 2017 |
| 'It's ___!' (quitter's lament) |
The Washington Post |
24 Jan 2017 |
| "We tried everything" |
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| "It's ___!" (quitter's lament) |
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| Have __ for (dislike) |
Newsday |
24 Aug 2016 |
| "It'll never work" |
Universal |
08 May 2016 |
| See 62 Down |
Newsday |
14 Apr 2016 |
| Quitter's comment |
Universal |
02 Apr 2016 |
| Fruitless |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2015 |
| "It's __!" ("We're doomed!") |
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| 'It's --!' (quitter's cry) |
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| Hopeless |
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| "It's ___!" (defeated cry) |
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| Of ___ (a waste of time) |
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| Futile |
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| Futile |
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| Pointless |
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| "We tried everything" |
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| "We tried everything" |
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| Fruitless |
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| Futile |
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| Fruitless |
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| "It's ___!" ("I give up!") |
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| "Don't even bother" |
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| Pointless |
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| "It's fruitless" |
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| "It's ___!" (cry of despair) |
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| Hopeless |
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| "Don't even bother" |
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| Hopeless |
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| Futile |
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| "___ crying over spilt milk" |
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| "It's __!" (cry of despair) |
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| Cry of despair |
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| Hopeless one's remark |
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| "It'll never work" |
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| "Forget it!" |
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| Hopeless |
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| Futile |
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| "Don't even bother" |
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| "It'll never work" |
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| "It's ___!" (despairing cry) |
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| "It's a waste of time" |
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| "It's a waste of time" |
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| Hopeless |
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| Hopeless |
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| "It's ___!" statement of resignation |
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| Pointless |
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| Futile |
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| Futile |
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| "It's __!" (quitter's comment) |
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| "___ crying over spilt milk" |
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| Of ___ (ineffectual) |
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| Unavailing |
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| Unavailing. |
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| Futile. |
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| Of ___ (ineffectual). |
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| Have ___ for. |
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| Hopeless |
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