Make-work

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  make-work \make-work\ n.
     Active work of litle value, such as assignments given by
     teachers to students to keep them busy while the teacher
     performs other tasks, or chores performed to while away time;
     also called {busywork}.
  


     Syn: busywork.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  make-work
       n : active work of little value; "while he was waiting he filled
           the days with busywork" [syn: {busywork}]