boondoggle
noun
a wasteful and worthless project undertaken for political, corporate, or personal gain, typically a government project funded by taxpayers.
boondoggled
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past participleof boondoggle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof boondoggle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
boondogglenouna wasteful and worthless project undertaken for political, corporate, or personal gain, typically a government project funded by taxpayers.
Example Sentences
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“What’s the word — boondoggled? Hornswaggled?” the former mailman and Vietnam War veteran said with an easy chuckle while seated at a table off the deserted bar at the Hollywood Roosevelt on a recent afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2016
