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boondoggle

N งา นที่ สูญ เสียเวลา และ /หรือ เงิน  ngan-ti-sun-sia-we-la-lae-tab-rue-ngen

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

boondoggle

boon dog gle |ˈbo͞onˌdägəl, -ˌdôgəl ˈbunˌdɑɡəl | informal noun work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value: writing off the cold fusion phenomenon as a boondoggle best buried in literature. a public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage and graft: they each drew $600,000 in the final months of the great boondoggle. verb [ no obj. ] waste money or time on such projects. ORIGIN 1930s: of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

boondoggle

boondoggle |ˈbuːndɒg (ə )l |N. Amer. informal noun an unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent project. verb [ no obj. ] spend money or time on unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent projects. ORIGIN 1930s: of unknown origin.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

boondoggle

boon dog gle /búːndɑ̀ɡ (ə )l |-dɔ̀ɡ (ə )l /名詞 C ⦅米 くだけて ⦆1 くだらない [価値のない ] (見せかけだけの )仕事 ; むだな (公的 )事業 [計画 ].2 (ボーイスカウトなどが作る )首に付ける革の編みひも .動詞 自動詞 (くだらない仕事をして )時間 [金 ]を浪費する .他動詞 …を欺 (あざむ ).