make-work

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meyk wurk]
- /meɪk wɜrk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meyk wurk]
- /meɪk wɜrk/

Definitions of make-work word

noun make-work work, usually of little importance, created to keep a person from being idle or unemployed. 1
adjective make-work (designating) a job, project, or assignment that serves no useful purpose other than to give an otherwise idle or unemployed person something to do 0
noun make-work (chiefly US) An activity or task assigned or undertaken for the sake of activity or busy-ness, rather than because of a particular need. 0

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Origin of make-work

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

1935-40, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase make work

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Parts of speech for Make-work

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Make-work

make-work popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.