Usually means: Tasks that feel productive, aren't.
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  1. busywork: Merriam-Webster
  2. busywork: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. busywork: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. busywork: Collins English Dictionary
  5. busywork: Vocabulary.com
  6. busywork: Wordnik
  7. busywork: Wiktionary
  8. busywork: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. busywork: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. busywork: Dictionary.com
  11. Busywork: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. busywork: Rhymezone
  13. busywork: FreeDictionary.org
  14. busywork: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. busywork: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. busywork: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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noun:  Alternative form of busy work [(idiomatic, chiefly US) 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.]

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