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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa uma atividade ou projeto considerado inútil, desperdiçador ou de pouca utilidade, muitas vezes realizado apenas para dar a impressão de produtividade ou para justificar gastos.

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.

   🇵🇹Projeto inútil

   Sinônimos: 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.

• 🇵🇹Gastar dinheiro ou recursos de forma desnecessária, especialmente fundos públicos, em projetos inúteis, triviais ou de duvidoso benefício. Também designa o próprio projeto ou atividade que desperdiça recursos dessa maneira.

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.

   🇵🇹Envolver-se em trabalho inútil

   Sinônimos: fritterpiddleputtertinkertrifle

   Antônimos: applylaborstrivetoilwork

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