Sinecure

/sˈaɪnkjʊə/

/sˈaɪnkjʊɹ/

[noun]

Sinecure

[NOUN]

a position that is not demanding or difficult but pays well

a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached

Examples

1. It shouldn't be providing jobs for aristocrats and sinecures, but for people that should be solving these problems.

2. Because the State goes from being a rate-seeking organization, which basically deals in sinecures, office sinecures, to employees, employs them for doing nothing at all.

3. Because the State goes from being a rate-seeking organization, which basically deals in sinecures, office sinecures, to employees, employs them for doing nothing at all.