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Meaning of "busywork" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUSYWORK

busywork  [ˈbɪzɪˌwɜːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUSYWORK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Busywork is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUSYWORK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

busywork

Busy work

Busy work can refer to activity that is undertaken to pass time and stay busy. In educational settings, busy work has precedence as a means to corroborate and reinforce lessons and curricula by allowing students time to practice newly learned skill-sets independently. Busy work also occurs in business, military and other settings, in situations where people may be required to be present but may lack the opportunities, skills or need to do something more productive. People may engage in busy work to maintain an appearance of activity, in order to avoid criticism of being inactive or idle.

Definition of busywork in the English dictionary

The definition of busywork in the dictionary is unproductive work.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUSYWORK


artwork
ˈɑːtˌwɜːk
bodywork
ˈbɒdɪˌwɜːk
bywork
ˈbaɪˌwɜːk
clockwork
ˈklɒkˌwɜːk
coursework
ˈkɔːsˌwɜːk
daywork
ˈdeɪˌwɜːk
fancywork
ˈfænsɪˌwɜːk
firework
ˈfaɪəˌwɜːk
framework
ˈfreɪmˌwɜːk
handiwork
ˈhændɪˌwɜːk
homework
ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk
housework
ˈhaʊsˌwɜːk
journeywork
ˈdʒɜːnɪˌwɜːk
network
ˈnɛtˌwɜːk
paperwork
ˈpeɪpəˌwɜːk
patchwork
ˈpætʃˌwɜːk
teamwork
ˈtiːmˌwɜːk
waxwork
ˈwæksˌwɜːk
wickerwork
ˈwɪkəˌwɜːk
woodwork
ˈwʊdˌwɜːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUSYWORK

bustier
bustiest
bustiness
bustle
bustler
bustline
bustling
bustlingly
busty
busulfan
busuuti
busy
busy bee
busy Lizzie
busy signal
busybodies
busybody
busybodying
busyness
but

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUSYWORK

all in a day´s work
at work
beadwork
field work
fieldwork
footwork
glasswork
group work
guesswork
measured daywork
metalwork
millwork
needlework
neural network
out of work
rework
social work
telework
wirework
work

Synonyms and antonyms of busywork in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «busywork» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUSYWORK

Find out the translation of busywork to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of busywork from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «busywork» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

忙于
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

busywork
570 millions of speakers

English

busywork
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

busywork
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

busywork
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесполезная работа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

busywork
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

busywork
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

busywork
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerja sibuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fleißarbeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

busywork
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

busywork
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sibuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

busywork
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

busywork
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्यस्त काम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yoğun iş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

busywork
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

busywork
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

даремна робота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

busywork
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

busywork
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

busywork
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

busywork
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

busywork
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of busywork

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUSYWORK»

The term «busywork» is regularly used and occupies the 105.130 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUSYWORK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about busywork

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUSYWORK»

Discover the use of busywork in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to busywork and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That ...
In fifteen exercises, Do More Great Work shows how you can finally do more of the work that engages and challenges you, that has a real impact, that plays to your strengths—and that matters.
Michael Bungay Stanier, 2010
2
Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total ...
In thirty—three short chapters filled with creative learning tools and charts, you and your company can learn how to: ∑make sense of the Efficiency/Flexibility quandary ∑run directly toward risk instead of away from it ∑strengthen ...
Tom DeMarco, 2001
3
Characteristics of Games
Ways of Controlling Busywork In general, there are many methods of reducing or eliminating busywork depending on the details of the busywork in question. Some have been mentioned above, such as converting a large amount of marginal ...
George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, K. Robert Gutschera, 2012
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Time Management: Proven Techniques for Making Every Minute Count
Unfortunately, while busywork may act as a temporary substitute for higher value or necessary work, it does not replace it. Those other tasks will still be there, waiting, and probably becoming more imperative and more complicated as time ...
Richard Walsh, 2008
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Qualitative Analysis for Social Scientists
Busywork In talking with G., Wednesday, I was struck by the amount of busywork required to do the work. I mean all the running around, repeat calls, questions that need to be answered, negotiations, threats, etc., that go into getting a type of  ...
Anselm L. Strauss, 1987
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Simply the Best: 29 Things Students Say the Best Teachers Do ...
This probably does not come as any great surprise but students detest what they repeatedly term as "busywork" in their classes. Fairly or unfairly, students equate worksheets with busywork. They also equate busywork with teachers who are ...
Kelly E. Middleton, Elizabeth A. Petitt, 2010
7
Case Studies in Jewish Business Ethics
This indicates that the assignment of busywork to an employee is morally wrong even when fostering productivity is what motivates the employer. Such conduct, in the thinking of R. Aaron ha-Levi, falls short of pious conduct, and in the view of  ...
Aaron Levine, 2000
8
Aging Into the 21st Century: The Exploration of Aspirations ...
Much of that is mere busywork, not aspiration.” She differentiated aspirations and busywork along the lines of most dictionaries—that is, busywork is designed to “ take up time,” not necessarily to yield productions, whereas aspirations (and ...
Rachelle A. Dorfman, 2013
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Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better
The type of work ripe for automation is busywork: well-defined tasks that happen the same way every time and require virtually no thinking. Although it may be boring, ironically, busywork's appeal is its simplicity. You can get it done with little  ...
Adam Pash, Gina Trapani, 2011
10
InfoWorld
Busywork provides a coherent set of Applesoft routines for building many useful programs. FEATURES: The Busywork package contains 24 routines, a standardized- greeting program, main-menu program and system-parameter ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUSYWORK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term busywork is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The healing power of Tetris has its dark side
... a supernatural assassin in the midst of the French Revolution make you feel like a shelf-stacker with their incessant, overbearing busywork. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
I probably won't see them the rest of the summer | Living with Gleigh
... the chores I did as a kid before it just becomes busywork, which also made it busywork for me and I really don't enjoy supervising all summer. «Maple Valley Reporter, Jul 15»
3
Why the Final Fantasy VII Remake Should Not have Been Revealed …
Like yes they will have to re-code this stuff for a modern engine, but that's just busywork since the design is mostly done for them. Things like ... «Hardcore Gamer, Jul 15»
4
What Are You Playing This Weekend - July 2015 Edition
I'm loving it so far and a lot of it doesn't feel like busywork, which I'm all for. Everything feels like it's there for a reason, which makes exploration ... «Game Debate, Jul 15»
5
Completion complex
... to justify the dollars players fork out to buy them, when that gameplay amounts to skinner-box button-pushing, and brain dead busywork? «PC Authority, Jul 15»
6
Stockton company builds trusses for new Sacramento arena
THE BUSYWORK HERE IS HELPING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. THE KINGS HAVE BEEN UPFRONT ABOUT KEEPING IT LOCAL. «KCRA Sacramento, Jul 15»
7
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward review
It does start to feel dull as you run from one end of the map to the other doing classic MMO busywork—slaying five Bandersnatches here, ... «PC Gamer, Jul 15»
8
Why Is 'Batman: Arkham Knight' So Violent?
But in Arkham Knight I have begun to think of this violent busywork for anxious thumbs as a kind meditative blank spot in the game's design, ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
9
This Is How We Are Spending Billions On The Sexual Mis-Education …
“And the next thing we knew, my son was getting a packet of busywork and was told to hang out in the library while the rest of the kids were ... «ThinkProgress, Jul 15»
10
The Business Of Successfully Using The Cloud
This allows your business to concentrate on workplace responsibilities, not IT busywork. If you're looking to improve your business's computing ... «HostReview.com, Jul 15»

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