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Noun Concept
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wild-goose chase
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The fruitless pursuit of something unattainable WordNet 3.0
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The fruitless pursuit of something unattainable WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome. Wiktionary
Fruitless, futile pursuit. Wiktionary (translation)
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I went on a wild-goose chase all over the town looking for that adapter until I discovered they no longer make them. Wiktionary
Diagnosing this software application's problems is a wild-goose chase because it is built in an environment that has poor debugging tools. Wiktionary
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pursuit
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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wild-goose chase
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wild-goose chase

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