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  1. busy-work: Wordnik
  2. busy-work, busy work: Wiktionary
  3. Busy work: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. busy work: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (busy work)

noun:  (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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