Sentence examples for useless activity from inspiring English sources

I agree with you that it is a useless activity, an utter waste of time.

On the other hand, I get a little queasy when I hear the phrase "socially useless" activity.

QUESTION FROM ALEX: Do regulators have the authority they need to stop "socially useless activity" in the markets now?

This would produce revenue that could be used for good causes such as combating climate change, and would strip some speculative "socially useless" activity out of the system.

Androids, BlackBerrys and iPhones have so many good apps that their owners can fill the tiniest gap of free time with a productive, whimsical or useless activity.

Critics of finance say too much of it is economically useless activity that ends up costing the taxpayer a ton of money.

The greater its collective hysteria at success in useless activities, the baser a nation has sunk.

It was among the most useless activities a mind could pursue, the revision of shit that had really fucking happened, yet somehow it became the activity his mind fell into the most.

As Keynes explained during the Great Depression, increased public spending would help end the downturn even if it were for useless activities like digging holes and filling them back up.

Geocaching is a goofily genteel new hobby, or sport, or whatever, that ranks with matchbook collecting and needlepoint atop the Pleasantly Useless Activities List -- although of the three, only geocaching is likely to give you the chance to see a decomposing deer carcass up close.

Frankly, the biggest improvement to the process has been the use of machine learning to read resumes, but that has only led to keyword gaming and other useless activities which fail to actually make hiring more effective.