Both Uses
sinecure
in
1984, by Orwell
(Edited)
- After confessing to these things they had been pardoned, reinstated in the Party, and given posts which were in fact sinecures but which sounded important.
p. 75.9 *sinecures = paid positions that involves minimal duties
- He even had a job, a sinecure, more highly-paid than his old job had been.
p. 289.1sinecure = a paid position that involves minimal duties
Definitions:
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(1)
(sinecure) a paid position that involves minimal duties
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)