verb
- engaging in wasteful or pointless work or activity, especially when funded by public money
Usage: informal
noun
- the practice of doing wasteful or pointless work, especially projects that waste public funds
Usage: informal
Examples
- The senator accused the agency of boondoggling with taxpayer money.
- Critics called the expensive art installation pure boondoggling.
- The committee was boondoggling instead of addressing real issues.
- Many viewed the bridge project as government boondoggling.
- Stop boondoggling and focus on the actual work.
- The audit revealed extensive boondoggling in the department.
- They spent months boondoggling on unnecessary research.