to boondoggle

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von to boondoggle im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: boşa uğraş; faydasız işlerle meşgul olmak; (Ticaret) gereksiz harcama; dili faydasız iş; (Ticaret) gereksiz iş

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von to boondoggle im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A braided ring to hold a neckerchief, particularly in scouting; a woggle; a waste of time and/or money; a pointless activity; to waste time on a pointless activity; {f} create from junk; engage in a useless task; deceive, attempt to mislead; {i} useless work that is carried out only to look busy; activity which is extremely wasteful, project that is wasteful and redundant; unpractical government project that is financed to earn political favor; braided cord that Boy Scouts wear as a neckerchief woggle or hatband; work of little or no value done merely to look busy; disapproval People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much. The new runway is a billion-dollar boondoggle. an officially organized plan or activity that is very complicated and wastes a lot of time, money, and effort (An invented word); work of little or no value done merely to look busy do useless, wasteful, or trivial work; do useless, wasteful, or trivial work

to boondoggle

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to boon·dog·gle

tı bundägıl

/tə ˌbo͞onˈdägəl/ /tə ˌbuːnˈdɑːɡəl/

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