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Discover Ludwig"a wasted exercise" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it in a sentence when you want to describe an effort that was unproductive, ineffectual, and unsuccessful. It usually has the implication that the effort could have been avoided or that time was wasted trying to achieve a goal or outcome that was not ultimately successful. For example, "John spent days studying for the exam, but unfortunately it was a wasted exercise; he still failed."
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I'm starting to think this is a wasted exercise.
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In the end, the King hearings were a bust -- a shameful and wasted exercise.
A wasted word.
Yes!! What a wasted year.
What a wasted resource.
"It was a wasted opportunity".
Time's a-wasting.
I just thought, what a time-wasting exercise".
I was surprised that the members of the Saucedo faculty were courageous enough to put their jobs on the line to tell Mayor Emanuel and his hand-picked Chicago Board of Education that Saucedo students should not be subjected to a time-wasting exercise that serves no legitimate educational purpose in this particular school district in this particular year.
Retraining a mature worker on new software isn't a budget-busting, time-wasting exercise.
After a day of writing, my mind was exhausted but my body was restless, a nervous energy that I tried to waste through exercise.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com