Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boondoggle

1 sense of boondoggle

Sense 1
boondoggle -- (work of little or no value done merely to look busy)
       => waste, wastefulness, dissipation -- (useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boondoggle

1 sense of boondoggle

Sense 1
boondoggle -- (do useless, wasteful, or trivial work)
       => work -- (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor")