boondoggle

A noun referring to an activity or project that is considered pointless, wasteful, or of little value, often undertaken to create the appearance of productivity.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv für eine Tätigkeit oder ein Projekt, das als sinnlos, verschwenderisch oder wenig nützlich gilt und oft nur den Anschein von Produktivität erzeugt.

1. Worthless project C1 informal american

   A project or activity that is wasteful or pointless, often undertaken to appear busy or to justify funding.

   • The government's new software system was a complete boondoggle, costing millions with no real benefit.
   • The committee's research project was criticized as a boondoggle that produced no useful results.
   • Many saw the conference as a boondoggle, with little real work accomplished.

   🇩🇪Verschwendung

   Synonyme: busyworkfutilitylost causemake-workwastewaste of timewhite elephant

• boondoggles plural form
• boondoggles' possessive plural form
• boondoggle's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to engage in wasteful or unnecessary work, often of a trivial or pointless nature, typically funded by public money.

• 🇩🇪Sich mit verschwenderischer oder unnötiger Arbeit beschäftigen, oft trivialer oder sinnloser Art, meist auf Staatskosten finanziert. Auch: öffentliche Gelder für unnütze Projekte verschwenden.

1. Engage in wasteful or trivial work C1 informal american

   To spend time on work that is unnecessary, wasteful, or of little value, often in a bureaucratic context.

   • The committee spent months boondoggling over minor details.
   • Instead of solving the problem, they just boondoggled with paperwork.
   • He was accused of boondoggling on government time-consuming but pointless tasks.

   🇩🇪Leerlauf betreiben

   Synonyme: fritterpiddleputtertinkertrifle

   Antonyme: applylaborstrivetoilwork

• boondoggled past participle
• boondoggled past simple
• boondoggling present participle
• boondoggles third person singular