Term: boondoggle: work of little or no value done merely to look busy
Candidate hypernym: waste: useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly → 1
Candidate hypernym: scarabaeid beetle: any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes → 0
Candidate hypernym: ball carrier: (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play → 0
Candidate hypernym: erythroblast: a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop → 0
Candidate hypernym: great grandparent: a parent of your grandparent → 0
Candidate hypernym: applecart: the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' → 0
Candidate hypernym: ladder-back: a chair with a ladder-back → 0
Candidate hypernym: bay: a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital → 0
Candidate hypernym: photometer: measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source → 0
Candidate hypernym: beet sugar: sugar made from sugar beets → 0
Candidate hypernym: troglodytidae: wrens → 0