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Work that keeps a person busy but has little value in itself.
‘Stoll writes by telling stories, creating visions of creative, messy, hands-on education being displaced by sterile virtual busywork.’
‘Leave the group writing to the management consulting firms with armies of newly minted Harvard-educated graduates who need to do a ton of busywork so that they can justify their huge fees.’
‘In terms of volunteering, the majority of opportunities currently available to seniors consist mostly of busywork - envelope-stuffing and pushing hospital carts - says Freedman.’
‘And who wants to do all that busywork copying those down?’
‘Sometimes, maybe most of the time, they seem like busywork.’
‘Also contributing to this busywork is the fact that the relative priority of the shortfalls changes as well.’
‘Why do teachers insist on assigning pointless busywork during a break?’
‘Then again, to be fair, the American Senate has always been made up of such busywork of the ambitious on their way onto the pages of history.’
‘All too often, we get lost in busywork simply because it's easier.’
‘Again, I think a certain amount of work is good for you: it gives you the discipline to do all that busywork that being creative involves.’
‘All this is busywork that keeps us from our goal.’
‘But while I was working on some random busywork that my awful Algebra teacher had assigned, he tapped my shoulder. ‘Umm… could you tell me where this room is?’’
‘Burying yourself in busywork is an effective way to avoid more important - and more challenging - tasks.’
‘A consent decree's busywork would only drain resources away from his effort to tighten management controls.’
‘Even after completing this process, reps still faced everyday busywork that hampered productivity and got in the way of sales.’
‘The provision of aid became an excuse for doing nothing, a kind of busywork that governments undertook so they could avoid decisive political and military action.’
‘Clients who do already watch movies will interpret film assignments as busywork and will not comply with the assignment.’
‘If a person overcome with emotion is not essential to the task at hand, sometimes the best solution is to give him some busywork to focus on.’
‘All went smoothly as I enrolled in my new school and managed to survive another grueling semester of busywork and tests.’
‘They will do better at them and not resent you for filling their lives with meaningless busywork.’