verb
- wasted time or money on unnecessary or pointless projects
Usage: informal; past tense of boondoggle
Examples
- The committee boondoggled millions of dollars on the failed bridge project.
- City officials boondoggled taxpayer money on unnecessary consultants.
- The company boondoggled resources on a product nobody wanted.
- Congress boondoggled funds that could have been used for education.
- The mayor admitted they had boondoggled the budget on frivolous expenses.
- The agency boondoggled time and money on redundant studies.