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menial

adjective

ˈmiː.ni.əl

Meaning

Not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.

lowly and sometimes degrading; related to unskilled or routine tasks

He refused to do menial work.

He worked long hours doing menial tasks in the factory.

lowly, unskilled, servile, humble, degrading

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lowly, unskilled

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lowly, servile, humble, degrading

important, significant, prestigious, respected

Entry 1

important, significant

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important, prestigious, respected

menial job, menial task, menial labor, menial work

fear; distress; anxiety; alarm

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade...

present or experienced to a severe or intense degree; having sharp perception

relating to storytelling; descriptive; telling a story; recounting events

Working in a well-organized way; achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expens...

Developed or obtained from something else; not original.