no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
small-time candy store; penny candy store
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner
economical; efficient; lean; compact
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
whining (to get one's way); tantrum
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
wasted effort; fruitless effort; vain efforts
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
packhorse; workhorse; hack
make good use of; make the most of
little something; reward; tip
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
leather-soled sandals (geta)
to go on a fool's errand; to go in vain
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying
big leakage; uncontained leak
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
no-good man; (male) loser
to make sure; to make doubly sure
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
unwanted hair; superfluous hair
to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effect
barking over nothing (of a dog); barking at passers-by or visitors
ne'er-do-well; waster; idler; good-for-nothing
no-good woman; (female) loser
geta with high supports; tall clogs
useless matter; futile act; useless effort; idle thought
laboring in vain; wasted effort; vain efforts
worthless book; meritless book
eating between meals; wasteful eating habits; waste of resources; living idly; loafing one's way through life
stocking up (on); hoarding
blossom which fails to produce fruit; non-fruit-bearing flower
always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; (lit.) not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain
filling neutral points; filling dame points
good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; idler; person who does nothing useful
Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)
crestfish (Lophotus capellei); unicornfish