(chiefly, US) An activity or task assigned or undertaken for the sake of activity or busy-ness, rather than because of a particular need.
(chiefly, US) An activity or task assigned or undertaken for the sake of activity or busy-ness, rather than because of a particular need.
I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that.
“This is your brain on make-work economic policy”
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(idiomatic, chiefly, US) Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.
Work that is very easy or enjoyable.
(informal) To cease to be idle and start working.
(intransitive) To persist in working diligently at a subject or target.
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(informal, intransitive) To do random unplanned work or spend time idly.