deadwork
nounEtymology From dead + work.
1
Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
noun
Etymology From dead + work.
Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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