boondoggle
Example Sentences
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What we got instead was a colossal boondoggle.
In its review, The Times described “Horizon” as “a massive boondoggle, a misguided and excruciatingly tedious cinematic experience.”
From Los Angeles Times
As often happens too, we can pinpoint the exact moment and exact dynamics when a policy boondoggle was born.
And no rules at the Guardian, apparently, regarding outrageous boondoggles and ocean-going junkets.
The $500-million mixed-use project planned for the busy intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue “has been, at best, a complete boondoggle, and, at worst, a complete fraud,” Harris said in court documents.
From Los Angeles Times
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