make-work

1. 1.

   active work of little value

   “while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork”

   Synonymsbusywork

   Broaderwork

Questions about make-work

What does make-work mean?

make-work means "active work of little value".

How many syllables are in make-work?

make-work has 3 syllables and divides as ma-ke--work under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for make-work?

Close synonyms include busywork. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.