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Boondoggle   Listen
verb
boondoggle  v.  
1.
A braided cord made by hand by young scouts, used for various purposes, such as a hat cord or a key chain.
2.
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.





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"Boondoggle" Quotes from Famous Books



... the futility of meddling in everyone's business on Earth. Let's not make that mistake in space. We are unalterably opposed to the UP (United Planets) and call upon the governments of Earth not to join that Inter-Solar System boondoggle. ...
— Mars Confidential • Jack Lait


Words linked to "Boondoggle" :   wastefulness, dissipation, work


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