Translations for „make-work“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈmake-work N no pl

make-work

unproduktive Tätigkeit

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to make work for oneself

sich dat unnötige Arbeit machen

to make work for sb

jdm Arbeit machen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I worry about commissions as just being make-work.

www.politico.com

For now, the town is depending on make-work projects to stimulate activity.

business.financialpost.com

It also did a great deal of make-work.

www.smh.com.au

Camp workers laboured on a variety of infrastructure projects, including such things as municipal airports, roads, and park facilities, along with a number of make-work schemes.

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Government make-work projects create some employment from time to time.

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Such make-work labour was evidently a result of his sense of civic responsibility, a sense that businessmen ought to be good citizens.

torontoist.com

It could be driving the vehicle itself, picking up or delivering something or someone, or some other make-work project.

thechronicleherald.ca

The puzzle is essentially a digital make-work project, there to dissuade fraudsters from hijacking the network with phony confirmations.

www.theglobeandmail.com

When you sit and think long enough, you can come up with all kinds of make-work projects.

www.thestar.com

He funded a make-work project and supplied tools to build a park at the location.

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