busy work
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English
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Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic, chiefly 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
[edit]activity performed for occupying time
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[edit]References
[edit]- "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.