- I’m sensible but idealistic
- Nonviable
- Not sensible
- Unrealistic
- Unusable
- Unworkable
- Useless
- Forlorn (effort)
- Futile
- Ineffectual
- Useless
- A fizzer
- Damp squib
- Defective round of ammunition
- Dudley’s little failure
- Even Edmund is a bit of a turkey
- Even Edmund was a failure
- Failure
- Fruitless
- Futile
- Impotent
- Inadequate
- Inefficient
- To all intents and purposes, I have become unproductive
- To no avail
- Conceited
- Excessively proud
- Fruitless
- Futile
- Having an exaggerated sense of self importance
- Image-conscious Virginia goes on in
- It is no use being so conceited