"Sisyphean labour" meaning in English

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      "form": "Sisyphean labours",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A task that is both laborious and futile."
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-Sisyphean_labour-en-noun-OFQtkHX7",
      "links": [
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "laborious",
          "laborious"
        ],
        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) A task that is both laborious and futile."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "uphill battle"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "arduous and fruitless labor",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sisyfosarbejde"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sizífov trud",
          "sense": "arduous and fruitless labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сизи́фов труд"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "arduous and fruitless labor",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sisyfosarbete"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sizífova prácja",
          "sense": "arduous and fruitless labor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сізі́фова пра́ця"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sizífova robóta",
          "sense": "arduous and fruitless labor",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сізі́фова робо́та"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Sisyphus"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪsɪˈfiːən ˈleɪbə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪsəˈfiːən ˈleɪbɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sisyphean labour"
}

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    {
      "form": "Sisyphean labours",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sisyphean labor",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "uphill battle"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "A task that is both laborious and futile."
      ],
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          "task",
          "task"
        ],
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          "laborious",
          "laborious"
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          "futile"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) A task that is both laborious and futile."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Sisyphus"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˌsɪsɪˈfiːən ˈleɪbə/",
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɪsəˈfiːən ˈleɪbɚ/",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "arduous and fruitless labor",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sisyfosarbejde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sizífov trud",
      "sense": "arduous and fruitless labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сизи́фов труд"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "arduous and fruitless labor",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sisyfosarbete"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sizífova prácja",
      "sense": "arduous and fruitless labor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сізі́фова пра́ця"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sizífova robóta",
      "sense": "arduous and fruitless labor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сізі́фова робо́та"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sisyphean labour"
}