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Definition of busywork noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

busywork

noun

/ˈbɪziwɜːk/

/ˈbɪziwɜːrk/

[uncountable] (North American English)

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work that is given to somebody to keep them busy, without really being useful

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