rathole

he fell into a financial rathole after his investments went bad.

don't let your project turn into a rathole of wasted resources.

we need to avoid going down that rathole in our discussions.

his obsession with details created a rathole that delayed the project.

investing in that startup was a rathole for our funds.

she realized her endless revisions were a rathole for her time.

let's not get caught in a rathole of bureaucracy.

the project became a rathole, consuming all our effort.

he warned us that pursuing that idea could lead to a rathole.

the discussion turned into a rathole, going nowhere.