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Meaning of moondoggle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Efforts to transport people to the Moon, regarded as a useless waste of resources.

US, colloquial, derogatory

Examples

“We are virtually abandoning the first Outer Space area through which military attacks may be launched, to spend billions on a nonmilitary moondoggle — the attempt to put a man on the moon.”
“He stated that “as long as James E. Webb is the Administrator of NASA, I am not voting another dollar for this moondoggle. […]”
“During the years of Vietnam and the moondoggle the balance of Pentagon prime contracts shifted sharply to the Southern Rim, with the percentages mounting every year, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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