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Boondoggle

A boondoggle is a project that is considered a waste of both time and money, yet is often continued due to extraneous policy or political motivations.

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Etymology

Early usage

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Boondoggle

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples52
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Boondoggle

Top relations

related to Etymology · 14
Boondoggle → After, An Oakland, Boy Scouts, Camp Dimond, From, In, It, New York, Ogden Standard-Examiner, Rochester, Roosevelt Troop, That, The, World Jamboree
related to Further reading · 12
Boondoggle → Archived, Blitstein, Derailing, June, Michael, Miller-McCune, PDF, Quinion, Retrieved February, Retrieved May, Ryan, World Wide Words
related to Public infrastructure · 9
Boondoggle → Can, Current Nalcor Energy CEO, Labrador, Newfoundland, One, Stan Marshall, The Berlin Brandenburg Airport, The Lower Churchill Project, This
related to Successful boondoggles · 8
Boondoggle → Another, Australia, Cockcroft's Folly, For, However, Sydney Opera House, While, Windscale
related to Dynamics · 3
Boondoggle → Generally, In, The
related to External links · 3
Boondoggle → The Story, Useful Word, Useless Work
is a · 1
Boondoggle → project that is considered a waste of both time and money
instance of · 1
Boondoggle → made work

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cost billion project described new projects use made work long balanced literacy one overruns system us often due early public

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Boondoggleis aproject that is considered a waste of both time and money0.90text
raking leaves which gave the English language a new wordinstance ofmade work0.80text
boondoggleinstance ofmade work0.80text
Boondogglerelated to DynamicsThe0.60section
Boondogglerelated to DynamicsGenerally0.60section
Boondogglerelated to DynamicsIn0.60section
Boondogglerelated to EtymologyRoosevelt Troop0.60section
Boondogglerelated to EtymologyBoy Scouts0.60section
Boondogglerelated to EtymologyRochester0.60section
Boondogglerelated to EtymologyNew York0.60section
Boondogglerelated to EtymologyFrom0.60section
Boondogglerelated to EtymologyIt0.60section

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