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To cease a task that has a history of failure and little chance of immediate success.

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give something up as a bad job

Source Word

give something up as a bad job

Verb

To cease a task that has a history of failure and little chance of immediate success.

Japanese Meaning

成果が出ず、失敗が続いた経緯のある作業を、見切りをつけて中止すること。 / 成功の見込みが乏しいと判断し、取り組みを断念すること。

数か月にわたる実験の失敗の後、研究チームはそのプロジェクトを見込みがないと判断して中止し、より有望な方法に注力することにした。

Sense（1）

To cease a task that has a history of failure and little chance of immediate success.

After hours of trying, he eventually gave it up as a bad job.

gives something up as a bad job

（ present singular third-person ）

giving something up as a bad job

（ participle present ）

gave something up as a bad job

（ past ）

given something up as a bad job

（ participle past ）