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boondoggle definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: work of little or no value done merely to look busy v
1: do useless, wasteful, or trivial work

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: coined by Robert H. Link died 1957 American scoutmaster Date: 1929 1. a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide, hatband, or ornament 2. a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft • boondoggle intransitive verb • boondoggler noun

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(boondoggles) People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much. (AM INFORMAL) The new runway is a billion-dollar boondoggle. N-COUNT [disapproval]