busy work Idiom, Proverb
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n. Work that is done not to do or finish anything important, but just to keep busy.
When the teacher finished all she had to say it was still a half hour before school was over. So she gave the class a test for busy work.
busy work
busy work Activity meant to take up time but not actually be productive. For example,
We have to put in an eight-hour day, even if we do nothing but busy work. [c. 1840]
busy work
Menial activities, tasks, or affairs meant to absorb time, added so than to achieve annihilation productive. I absolutely capital to apprentice added about fossils, but the acting abecedary aloof gave us active assignment to do.Learn more: busy, workbusy work
Activity meant to booty up time but not absolutely be productive. For example, We accept to put in an eight-hour day, alike if we do annihilation but active work. [c. 1840] Apprentice more: busy, work
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