تسديد خانات
English translation: valueless/void of value
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|  Selected response from: Noha Kamal, PhD. Local time: 22:32 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | valueless/void of value |
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| 5 | box-ticking |
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| 4 | checking the boxes |
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| 4 | Deadwood |
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| 4 | twiddling thumbs |
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| 4 | filling the blanks |
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4 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1valueless/void of value Explanation: futile -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2008-10-29 17:25:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You can add "routine" or "chore" -- as a valueless chore/routine |
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15 mins confidence: 
checking the boxes Explanation: Just doing the minimum necessary to meet their job description. Another alternative is "filling the gaps". Example sentence(s):
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Deadwood Explanation: useless personnel or material http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deadwood One that is burdensome or superfluous. http://www.answers.com/topic/coarse-woody-debris Example sentence(s):
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twiddling thumbs Explanation: twiddling thumbs - definition of twiddling thumbs by the Free ... Definition of twiddling thumbs in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of twiddling thumbs. Pronunciation of twiddling thumbs. Translations of twiddling thumbs. ... http://www.thefreedictionary.com/twiddling thumbs - 37k |
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filling the blanks Explanation: as in soloving crossword puzzles -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2008-10-30 00:07:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- sorry for typo: solving NOT soloving |
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box-ticking Explanation: Quote from reference below: "...used especially in reference to bureaucratic processes thought to have little practical use." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 hrs (2008-10-30 08:56:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Example sentence: their work was just box-ticking. Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/box-ticking |
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