Busywork

Synonyms for "busywork" (33 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(1 words)
appearance task

Strong matches (10)

errandexercisefish to fryhomeworkjobjob of worklabor
Noun(1 words)
filler work
Adjective(2 words)
idle activityirrelevant task

Related words (16)

make-workmatters in handmissionodd jobpiece of workprojectservicestinttaskthings to dowork
Noun(5 words)
make-workpointless taskspseudo productivitysignal tasktoken tasks

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

3 entries

More specific

6 entries
administrative taskscompliance tasksdata entryform fillingrepetitive filingtraining drills

Collocations

6 entries
busywork assignmentbusywork culturebusywork tasksfutile busyworkoffice busyworkperceived busywork

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It's a beautiful afternoon! I'm not going to waste it doing ridiculous busywork for school!

Source: wiktionary

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