busy work

== English == === Alternative forms === busywork, busy-work === Pronunciation === === Noun === busy work (uncountable) (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 ==== === See also === make-work === 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.