English
Alternative spellings
busywork
busy-work
Noun
en-noun|sg=busy work|-
- context|idiom|mainly|US Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.
#: Until we have a system clearly established, entering more data is just busy work.
Translations
trans-top|activity performed for occupying time
Finnish: t|fi|puuhastelu, t|fi|touhuilu
trans-bottom
References
"busy work" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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