{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
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