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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

busywork

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01 n. active work of little value, performed merely to occupy time, avoid boredom, or to look busy; as, while he was waiting he filled the days w…
  1. 1.
    active work of little value, performed merely to occupy time, avoid boredom, or to look busy; as, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork.
Syn. make-work.