• Opponents say the monorail plan is a boondoggle; projected routes would travel to places that would attract few riders.
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Environmentalists call the road a boondoggle that would carve up one of the largest mountain wildernesses left in the East.
заниматься пустым, бессмысленным делом
• A waste of time
• Giant waste of money
• Scam
• Wasted effort with a pet in it?
• Wasteful project