Past tense of boondoggle; engaged in a wasteful or pointless project or activity.
Past tense form of 'boondoggle,' which likely derives from the name of a Boy Scout craft project, popularized as political criticism during the 1930s New Deal.
Calling something 'boondoggled' implies government incompetence or corruption, making it a term loaded with political meaning—used by both left and right to criticize different projects.
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