sinecure
IPA: sˈɪnɛkjˈʊr
noun
- A position that requires no work but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
- (historical) An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.
verb
- (transitive) To put or place in a sinecure.
adjective
- Requiring no work for an ample reward.
- Having the appearance of functionality without being of any actual use or purpose.
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Examples of "sinecure" in Sentences
- She works as a sinecure.
- In practice, the office was a sinecure.
- It was no sinecure, especially at first.
- The post was an unremunerative sinecure.
- The office itself was at this time a sinecure.
- Loyalty is rewarded with access and sinecures.
- The job was often a political sinecure before the 1930s.
- The office is one of the traditional sinecure offices of state.
- He was awarded with a sinecure office in the royal administration.
- Previous deputy PMs also held a sinecure office in addition to the DPM role.
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