sinecure
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈsaɪnɪkjʊr/
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sinecura
- Many people believe that being a senator is just a sinecure that offers pay without much accountability.
- sinecures for relatives
- enjoyed sinecures
- government sinecure
Creating sinecures and boosting people and, and, and, and inflating and puffing them up when they're not actually getting it done on the ground.
- Creating sinecures and boosting people and, and, and, and inflating and puffing them up when they're not actually getting it done on the ground.
Examples
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The incomes they're drawing from their sinecures support them while they figure out ways to increase the size of government even further.
Blog text (7) -
Again, across the period, some appointments were used simply as sinecures for relatives and friends.
Academic text (2018) -
Does she think this job is some kind of sinecure?
Blog text (27) -
But tenure, even when elevated to the status of sinecure, fails to guarantee the exercise of academic freedom.
Academic text (1997) -
Michelle has a $300,000-a-year sinecure doing PR for a Chicago hospital.
Blog text (16) -
By "bringing home the bacon" to their districts and states, incumbents all but guarantee themselves a sinecure for life.
Blog text (13) -
Bureaucrats also have an incentive to block reforms in that they are primarily seeking sinecures and job security (p. 13).
Academic text (1997) -
And when tenure becomes virtually a sinecure, it encourages irresponsibility—not academic freedom, but academic license.
Academic text (1997) -
Some appointments, whether the patron was clerical or lay, were always sinecures for relatives and friends, utilizing the resources of patronage for family members, benefactors, and allies.
Academic text (2018) -
After years in the company, he finally landed a sinecure that allowed him to enjoy a comfortable salary without any demanding responsibilities.
Synonyms
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5.1
A job many people want because it pays well, gives good benefits or brings respect
Antonyms
How Demanding
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sinecure comes from the Latin parts sine 'without' and cura 'care', and cura is the same idea as the English word 'care'. So a sinecure is literally a post 'without care', which is why it means a job that needs little or no work but still gives money or status.