boondoggle AmE informal
boondoggle CanE informal

And how much is this boondoggle going to cost the people living there?

But in doing so, let's not turn it into a boondoggle.

Many saw it as a boondoggle to benefit one particular group.

"This is a political boondoggle for them and they don't want to give it up."

"We are always being accused of not getting things done, and this project is just another boondoggle."

And Republicans in the legislature have called it a boondoggle.

"They're seeing we're serious and that this is not just a boondoggle where you get paid to show up," he says.

That the television deal with be a boon, not a boondoggle.

It was widely viewed at the time as a huge boondoggle.

No one knows exactly what a company's work force should be or how to design subsidies so they do not become corporate boondoggles.

"It was the last congressional boondoggle flight in history," the general continued.

How come there's money for boondoggles but not for people?

Both parties have known for years that farm subsidies are a boondoggle.

"Some people see this office as an underachieving boondoggle," he said.

The boondoggle of extra pay for Council committee chairmanships must end.

What was supposed to be a program for the poor has turned into a boondoggle for everyone else.

By nearly every measure this project is a boondoggle.

A guaranteed jobs program could turn into a boondoggle.

Second, dump the even more expensive and useless space station boondoggle.

David Miller, the president of the local board, denounced it as a "boondoggle."

Even for a country well accustomed to foreign policy boondoggles, it was an impressive body count.

As is anyone who thinks the price of this boondoggle is not going higher still.

That something could well turn out to be an architectural marvel - or boondoggle.

It is time to get rid of this boondoggle, which does only one thing - costs the taxpayers more money.

"That's because so many boondoggles live here," Roosevelt said cheerfully.

And how much is this boondoggle going to cost the people living there?

But in doing so, let's not turn it into a boondoggle.

Many saw it as a boondoggle to benefit one particular group.

"This is a political boondoggle for them and they don't want to give it up."

"We are always being accused of not getting things done, and this project is just another boondoggle."

And Republicans in the legislature have called it a boondoggle.

"They're seeing we're serious and that this is not just a boondoggle where you get paid to show up," he says.

That the television deal with be a boon, not a boondoggle.

It was widely viewed at the time as a huge boondoggle.

No one knows exactly what a company's work force should be or how to design subsidies so they do not become corporate boondoggles.

"It was the last congressional boondoggle flight in history," the general continued.

How come there's money for boondoggles but not for people?

Both parties have known for years that farm subsidies are a boondoggle.

"Some people see this office as an underachieving boondoggle," he said.

The boondoggle of extra pay for Council committee chairmanships must end.

What was supposed to be a program for the poor has turned into a boondoggle for everyone else.

By nearly every measure this project is a boondoggle.

A guaranteed jobs program could turn into a boondoggle.

Second, dump the even more expensive and useless space station boondoggle.

David Miller, the president of the local board, denounced it as a "boondoggle."

Even for a country well accustomed to foreign policy boondoggles, it was an impressive body count.

As is anyone who thinks the price of this boondoggle is not going higher still.

That something could well turn out to be an architectural marvel - or boondoggle.

It is time to get rid of this boondoggle, which does only one thing - costs the taxpayers more money.

"That's because so many boondoggles live here," Roosevelt said cheerfully.