busywork

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] (AmE) work that is given to sb to keep them busy, without really being useful

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

busyworkEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus busyworkEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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bus station bus stop bust buster bustier bustle bustling bust-up busty busy busybody

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