busy work

Menial activities, tasks, or chores meant to occupy time, more so than to accomplish anything productive. I actually wanted to learn more about fossils, but the substitute teacher just gave us busy work to do.

busy work

Activity meant to take up time but not actually be productive. For example, We have to put in an eight-hour day, even if we do nothing but busy work. [c. 1840]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Akamu	-	Hawaiian
Jadranko	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Alexei	ah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
LubomÍR	-	Czech
Apikalia	-	Hawaiian
Wheeler	['wi:lə]