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boondoggle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | work |
boondoggle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | dissipation, waste, wastefulness |
Examples of boondoggle
boondoggle
The Orlando taxpayer is the biggest loser for building that boondoggle downtown.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Over the years, some critics have dismissed In-Q-Tel as a government boondoggle.
From the washingtonpost.com
Far too much money has been spent on boondoggle projects of one sort or another.
From the economist.com
I think bringing all this offshore money back to the US tax-free is a boondoggle.
From the forbes.com
Yet, the Bredesen Bunker, a boondoggle of an underground ballroom, moves forward.
From the tennessean.com
Ending or relaxing the biodiesel mandate will end the food-for-fuel boondoggle.
From the forbes.com
What is the benefit to taxpayers not feeding at the trough of this boondoggle?
From the ocregister.com
Is manpower training a boondoggle or a boon to those who are still unemployed?
From the time.com
It was a huge boondoggle, and universal health care will be an even bigger problem.
From the ocregister.com
- Do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
- Work of little or no value done merely to look busy
- A boondoggle is a project that wastes time and money. The term arose from a 1935 New York Times report that more than $3 million had been spent on dubious recreational activities for the jobless as part of the New Deal. ...
- A braided ring to hold a neckerchief, particularly in scouting; a woggle; A waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity; To waste time on a pointless activity
- Any military operation that hasn't been completely thought out. An operation that is absurd or useless.
- An unnecessary activity or wasteful expenditure.
- A.k.a. "Breen Boondoggle. See "Exclusion Acts".
- (n, slang) a government-sponsored make-work project or program with little purpose other than political patronage. The word "boondoggle" usually refers to a project that loses money and/or fails to perform nominal purpose.
- Any trip on government time that serves no purpose other than to entertain the Marine making it.
