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boondoggle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun boondoggle has 1 sense
- boondoggle(n = noun.act) Array - work of little or no value done merely to look busy; Array is a kind of dissipation, waste, wastefulness
Derived form verb boondoggle1
Verb boondoggle has 1 sense
- boondoggle(v = verb.social) Array - do useless, wasteful, or trivial work; Array is one way to work
Derived form noun boondoggle1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
boondoggle, v.
- a braided cord made by hand by young scouts, used for various purposes, such as a hat cord or a key chain.
- a useless, wasteful, or impractical project; -- especially one authorized by a government agency as a favor to partisans, to employ unemployed people, or in return for corrupt payments. [PJC]
boondoggle, v.
to do useless, wasteful, or trivial work. [WordNet 1.5]
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