busy work
Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not…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.
» He is busy with his work.
Er ist mit seiner Arbeit beschäftigt.
Он занят своей работой.
Meaning
1 senses(US, idiomatic, uncountable)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.
Examples
73 sentencesHe is busy with his work.
ruОн занят своей работой.
deEr ist mit seiner Arbeit beschäftigt.
She was busy with household work.
Tom is very busy at work.
Tom has been busy at work.
Tom was very busy with work.
Translations
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1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable