MAKE-WORK


Meaning of MAKE-WORK in English

noun

[ U ] ( NAmE ) work that has little value but is given to people to keep them busy :

In some departments there is too much make-work.

These are simply make-work schemes for accountants.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.