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sinecure
noun as in sitting duck
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But, while the title was supposed to be a sinecure, instead Smith went from running for the nation’s highest office to running around trying to rent the highest offices.
The job is often a sinecure offered to widely admired figures.
By the time of the Reform Bill, a sinecure had become an anachronism.
The business of the worthy padres among them must be a perfect sinecure.
But the man who accepts the position of Indian Agent and conscientiously attends to its duties has no sinecure on his hands.
Tom, however, took his knocks with a good grace, and reaped all the advantage possible out of his dangerous sinecure.
The dean is the presiding officer in chapel: his business is to pull up the absentees—no sinecure, it is said.
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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sinecure, such as: pushover, babe in the woods, dead duck, dead meat, easy pickings, and easy victim.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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