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sinecure
[
sahy
-ni-ky
oo
r
,
sin
-i-
]
Example Sentences
Main Entry:
sitting duck
Part of Speech:
noun
Definition:
easy target
Synonyms:
babe in the woods, dead duck, dead meat, easy pickings, easy victim, lamb, pushover,
sinecure
, soft touch, toast,
vulnerable
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Example Sentences
He wrote scholarly papers, jousted in the departmental lists, aspired to the
sinecure
of tenure.
Many of the comments put forward interesting ideas about how to provide security without creating a
sinecure
.
The message boards erupted in panic, some of it from veteran players who didn't want to lose their
sinecure
.
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He wrote scholarly papers, jousted in the departmental lists, aspired to the
sinecure
of tenure.
Many of the comments put forward interesting ideas about how to provide security without creating a
sinecure
.
The message boards erupted in panic, some of it from veteran players who didn't want to lose their
sinecure
.
Being bumped out of such a
sinecure
is cruel punishment.
As several thousand pounds arc seized each week, it is to be presumed that their office is not a
sinecure
.
Success would qualify her for a lifetime
sinecure
teaching at a lycée, and liberate her from her family.
It may be that he shall have a
sinecure
for life if the students choose to vote their disapproval with their feet.
There is no magic relief number that is a
sinecure
for a solution.
For example, see how many top administrators occupy
sinecure
posts at the helm of the distribution and channeling of the funds.
Administrators view teaching as a
sinecure
without intrinsic value.
Even when they're in raving bounty, as they are this year, gathering beach plums is no
sinecure
.
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