Boondoggle vs. Boondoggler

Boondogglenoun

A braided ring to hold a neckerchief.

Boondogglernoun

A person who boondoggles; a wastrel

Boondogglenoun

A waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity.

‘white elephant’; ‘Opponents consider this another billion-dollar government boondoggle.’;

Boondoggleverb

(intransitive) To waste time on a pointless activity.

Boondoggleverb

a braided cord made by hand by young scouts, used for various purposes, such as a hat cord or a key chain.

Boondoggleverb

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.

Boondoggleverb

to do useless, wasteful, or trivial work.

Boondogglenoun

work of little or no value done merely to look busy

Boondoggleverb

do useless, wasteful, or trivial work

Boondoggle

A boondoggle is a project that is considered a waste of both time and money, yet is often continued due to extraneous policy or political motivations.