sinecure

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: si=ne=cure

CIDE DICTIONARY

sinecure, n. [L. sine without + cura care, LL., a cure. See Cure.].

•  An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.  Ayliffe.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service.  [1913 Webster]

  "A lucrative sinecure in the Excise."  [1913 Webster]

sinecure, v. t. 

 To put or place in a sinecure.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sinecure, n. a position that requires little or no work but usu. yields profit or honour.

Derivative

sinecurism n. sinecurist n.

Etymology

L sine cura without care

ROGET THESAURUS

sinecure

Inaction

N inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action, noninterference, nonintervention, Fabian policy, conservative policy, neglect, inactivity, rest, quiescence, want of occupation, inoccupation, idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente, sinecure, featherbed, featherbedding, cushy job, no-show job, soft snap, soft thing, not doing, not done, undone, passive, unoccupied, unemployed, out of employ, out of work, fallow, desaeuvre, re infecta, at a stand, les bras croisis, with folded arms, with the hands in the pockets, with the hands behind one's back, pour passer le temps, Int, so let it be!, stop!, hands off!, cunctando restituit rem, If it ain't broke don't fix it, stare decisis, let the decision stand.