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Definition of Boondoggle
1. Noun. Work of little or no value done merely to look busy.
2. Verb. Do useless, wasteful, or trivial work.
Definition of Boondoggle
1. Noun. A braided ring to hold a neckerchief, particularly in scouting; a woggle. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) A waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To waste time on a pointless activity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boondoggle
1. [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boondoggle
Literary usage of Boondoggle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyage of Sabra: An Ecological Cruise Through the Caribbean, with Extras by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"... "Are you still on that environmental whatchamacallit boondoggle?" You work
hard to create a situation where you can combine work and pleasure and then ..."
2. Beyond Polarization: Emerging Strategies for Reconciling Community and the by Kirk Johnson (1993)
"Of course, certification may become a consumer boondoggle unless some method
exists to verify the authenticity of environmental claims. ..."
3. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark: 194 Essays from the Pages of by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"... might have provided cries from Federalists that the president was gambling
with national security to promote his Louisiana Purchase boondoggle. ..."
4. Cry of the Phoenix by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"The plan is doomed to failure--I knew you knew that--another 5 billion dollars (yours)
boondoggle. What is wrong with the plan? What in the world is right ..."
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