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white elephant \WYTE-EL-uh-funt\

noun
1 : a property requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit 2 : an object no longer of value to its owner but of value to others 3 : something of little or no value

Trying to not live in a white elephant is more difficult that I had expected.

awake

recalcitrant \rih-KAL-suh-trunt\

adjective
1 : obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
2 a : difficult to manage or operate b : not responsive to treatment c : resistant

My body is a recalcitrant fortress, certainly no temple. Even two tablets in, there's no sleep to be had.