boondoggle

Speech parts

1. boondoggle - Noun

2. boondoggle - Verb

Meaning

work of little or no value done merely to look busy

do useless, wasteful, or trivial work

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Examples

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come. Franklin D. Roosevelt

The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me. Ralph Peters

An invention should be poised to create a market or disrupt an existing one (in other words, not be a boondoggle in search of a problem). Source: Internet

Now, Californians are supposed to watch as the state pours billions into linking Bakersfield and Merced, while politicians desperate to keep the boondoggle engage in unpersuasive and out-of-touch PR. Source: Internet

Accordingly, Cincinnati’s requirement to always have an embarrassing acres-of-nothing boondoggle within city limits was moved to The Banks. Source: Internet

Houston's free-agent boondoggle, Brock Osweiler, was benched Sunday. Source: Internet

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