busy work

See also: busywork and busy-work

English

Alternative forms

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

activity performed for occupying time

Finnish: puuhastelu (fi), touhuilu (fi)
German: Beschäftigungstherapie f

Spanish: terapia ocupacional f

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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