busywork
/ˈbɪzi.wɜrk/
noun
- Work that keeps one busy but has little real value or purpose; tasks done mainly to fill time rather than achieve a meaningful result.
- Instead of assigning busywork, the teacher gave us a project that actually helped us learn.
- The intern spent the afternoon doing busywork like filing old papers that no one would ever read.
- He hated the busywork of data entry and wished he could do something more creative.
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