taskmasking

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Definition

Definition of taskmasking - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

workplace image

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Slang

doing easy or visible tasks to seem busy at work

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Slang

He practiced taskmasking by answering emails slowly when his workload was light.

Adjective

office habits

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Slang

meant to seem busy with work while hiding little real progress

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Slang

Her taskmasking meetings filled the calendar but achieved almost nothing.

anger

fury

rage

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Origin of taskmasking

task (job) + masking (concealing)

Examples of taskmasking in a sentence

The manager warned that taskmasking hurts morale and productivity.
Management praised his taskmasking reports, though nothing had shipped.
The taskmasking chatter in Slack made the team look productive.

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French:qui fait semblant de travailler, ...
German:Beschäftigungstherapie, scheinproduktiv, ...
Italian:faccendismo, di facciata, ...
Spanish:postureo, de cara a la galería, ...
Portuguese:mascaramento de tarefas, de fachada, ...
Chinese:装忙, 装忙的, ...
Japanese:タスクマスキング, 見せかけの, ...
Arabic:تَموِيهُ المَهامّ, شَكْلِيّ, ...
Hebrew:הַעֲמָדַת פָּנִים שֶׁל עָסוּק בָּעֲבוֹדָה, מַעֲמִיד פְּנֵי עָסוּק, ...
Russian:имитация занятости, имитирующий бурную деятельность, ...
Ukrainian:таскмаскінг, імітаційний, ...
Hindi:टास्क-मास्किंग, दिखावटी, ...
Bengali:কাজ আছে এমন ভান করে ব্যস্ত দেখানোর কৌশল, কাজে ব্যস্ত দেখানোর ভান করা, ...
Catalan:postureig, de cara a la galeria, ...
Czech:předstírání zaneprázdněnosti, předstíraně pracovní, ...
Danish:opgavemaskering, der får det til at se ud som om man arbejder hårdt uden at der sker ret meget, ...
Dutch:taskmasking, schijnproductief, ...
Greek:προσποίηση δουλειάς, προσχηματικός, ...
Hungarian:elfoglaltság színlelése könnyű feladatokkal, a látszólagos munkavégzést szolgáló, ...
Khmer:ការធ្វើកិច្ចការងាយៗ ឬកិច្ចការដែលគេមើលឃើញ ដើម្បីឱ្យមើលទៅដូចជារវល់នៅកន្លែងធ្វើការ, ធ្វើឫករវល់នឹងការងារ ដើម្បីលាក់បាំងថាមានការរីកចម្រើនពិតប្រាកដតិចតួច, ...
Korean:태스크마스킹, 바쁜 척하는, ...
Persian:تسک‌ماسکینگ, نمایشی, ...
Polish:maskowanie zadań, pozorowany, ...
Portuguese (BR):mascaramento de tarefas, performático, ...
Romanian:mascarea muncii, de fațadă, ca să pari ocupat fără rezultate, ...
Swedish:taskmaskning, skensysselsatt, ...
Thai:การแกล้งทำงาน, ทำทีว่า忙หรือยุ่งกับงาน, ...
Turkish:meşgul görünme, göstermelik meşguliyet için yapılan, ...
Vietnamese:taskmasking, làm màu bận rộn, ...

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