noun
a project that is considered a waste of both time and money
verb
to waste time and money on a project
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The government's decision to fund the project was seen as a boondoggle by many taxpayers.
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The company's team-building retreat turned out to be a total boondoggle.
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I can't believe we wasted our time on that boondoggle of a project.
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Her attempt to fix the situation only ended up creating a bigger boondoggle.