boondoggle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
work of little or no value done merely to look busy
Types & categories
- waste hypernym
Related & opposite
- boondoggle derivation
Sense 2 verb
do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
Types & categories
- work hypernym
Related & opposite
- boondoggle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | boondoggle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | waste |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | boondoggle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |