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   boon·dog·gle

   /ˈbo͞onˌdäɡ(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value: "writing off the cold fusion phenomenon as a boondoggle best buried in literature"
   • ▪ a public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage and graft: "they each drew $600,000 in the final months of the great boondoggle"

   verb

   • 1. waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects: "the only guarantees are higher taxes and bureaucratic boondoggling"

   Word Origin 1930s: of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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