workfarce

9.9

A silly, useless work meeting or task that achieves nothing

noun

Slang

: farsa laboral

Many employees see the annual budget meeting as a workfarce that achieves nothing.

Examples

The project review was a workfarce—no one took the agenda seriously.
After hours of pointless discussion, the strategy session ended up a complete workfarce.
This meeting turned into a complete workfarce!
The project was such a workfarce that no one took it seriously.
After hours of pointless discussion, the strategy session ended up a complete workfarce.
Many employees see the annual budget meeting as a workfarce that achieves nothing.
The project review was a workfarce—no one took the agenda seriously.

Synonyms

boondoggle

vsworkfarce

Literature

14 9.9

Work that looks useful but wastes time or money

is genuinely ridiculous rather than merely pretending to be valuable

Antonyms

efficiency

342 3.4

Getting good results while using little time, effort, or money

productivity

Specialized

211 4.0

How much work, goods, or services are produced for the time and effort used

How Ineffective

debacle

75 8.5

workfarce

Slang

9.9

failure

557 1.3

problem

∞ 1.2

Surface Forms

workfarce singular

workfarces plural

Morphology

workfarce = work + farce (transparent) = work + farce

The meaning is directly inferable as 'a farce occurring in or related to work' from the two component words.

Etymology

Workfarce combines work ('job') and farce ('a silly play' or 'a ridiculous show'). So a workfarce is a work event or situation that is so absurd and badly run it feels like a joke and achieves nothing.