sinecure
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin sine (“without”) + cūra (“care”)
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
sinecure (plural sinecures)
- A position that requires no work but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
- 2009, Michael O'Connor, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 25:
- In the ADF, while the numbers vary between the individual services and the reserves, employment is no comfortable sinecure for any personnel and thus does not appeal to many people, male or female, especially under current pay scales.
- 2010, Mungo MacCallum, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 28:
- However, by the time of World War II (if not before), politics, at least in the federal sphere, was no longer regarded as sinecure for well-intentioned part-timers.
- 2009, Michael O'Connor, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 25:
[edit] Hypernyms
- (a position that requires no work but still gives a payment): position
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
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[edit] Danish
[edit] Etymology
From French sinécure, from Latin sine (“without”) + cūra (“care”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /sinəkyːrə/, [sinəˈkʰyːɐ]
[edit] Noun
sinecure c. (singular definite sinecuren, plural indefinite sinecurer)
- (rare) sinecure (a position that requires no work but still gives a payment)
[edit] Inflection
Inflection of sinecure
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | sinecure | sinecuren | sinecurer | sinecurerne |
| genitive | sinecures | sinecurens | sinecurers | sinecurernes |
