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
Tormod	-	Norwegian
Barbie	BAHR-bee	English
Dorotea	do-ro-TE-ah (Italian, Spanish), DO-ro-te-ah (Finnish)	Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Croatian
Audley	AWD-lee	English
Metushelach	-	Biblical Hebrew
Walls	[wɔ:lz]