MAKE-WORK: Meaning and related words

We found 20 dictionaries that define the word make-work:

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make-work: Merriam-Webster
make-work: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
make-work: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
make-work: Vocabulary.com
make-work: Wordnik
make-work: Wiktionary
make-work: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
make-work: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
make-work: Infoplease Dictionary
make-work: Dictionary.com
make-work: Online Etymology Dictionary
make-work: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Make-work: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
make-work: Rhymezone
make-work: FreeDictionary.org
make-work: Mnemonic Dictionary
make-work: TheFreeDictionary.com
make-work: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun: (chiefly US) An activity or task assigned or undertaken for the sake of activity or busy-ness, rather than because of a particular need.

Types:

busy work, makework, busywork, futile work, useless work, more...

Phrases:

Make-work job, more...

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