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boondoggle
UK /ˈbuːndɒɡl̩/ US /ˈbundɑɡl̩/
noun 3verb 1
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1ADJ.
complete, recreational, strictest
Definitions
noun
1
A braided ring to hold a neckerchief.
2
A waste of time or money; a pointless activity.
Opponents consider this another billion-dollar government boondoggle.
Senator John Stennis […] has been active and effective for so long as a member of the Armed Services Committee that he knows as well as any man can where the bodies are buried in the Pentagon and the boondoggles are buried in the defense budget.
3
A non-work trip away from a research station.
A non-work excursion away from the station in US Antarctic English is a “boondoggle”, or a “jolly” for the Britons.
verb
1
To waste time on a pointless activity.
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Opponents consider this another billion-dollar government boondoggle.
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Senator John Stennis […] has been active and effective for so long as a member of the Armed Services Committee that he knows as well as any man can where the bodies are buried in the Pentagon and the
Wiktionary03
By its strictest definition, a boondoggle is a recreational trip out of town, but it has been blurred by threadbare jokes to mean any trip that is desirable, whether for work or not.
Wiktionary04
The project is over budget and unnecessary. It is a complete boondoggle.
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