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.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une activité ou un projet considéré comme inutile, coûteux ou sans réelle valeur, souvent entrepris pour donner l'impression d'être productif.

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.

   🇫🇷Projet inutile et coûteux

   Synonymes: busyworkfutilitylost causemake-workwastewaste of timewhite elephant

• boondoggles plural form
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• 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.

• 🇫🇷Faire un travail inutile ou superflu, souvent d'apparence sérieuse mais sans réelle valeur, généralement financé par des fonds publics. Peut aussi signifier gaspiller du temps ou de l'argent dans des activités triviales ou sans intérêt.

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.

   🇫🇷Perdre son temps à des tâches futiles

   Synonymes: fritterpiddleputtertinkertrifle

   Antonymes: applylaborstrivetoilwork

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