menial
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definition
noun
Despite tall claims that a determined attempt to eradicate child labour has been initiated, hundreds and thousands of children are still languishing as menials in households, if not in hazardous industries.
a person with a menial job.
adjective
menial factory jobs
(of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.
example
Owen lowered his gaze as they passed the two guards posted nearby and adopted the attitude of a 'menial' servant busy running an errand.
He busied himself, sweeping the visitor's quarters, washing their clothes and helping with the most 'menial' work in fields.
The nearest university is a six to eight hours drive, so many of the children go on to work in a nearby factory doing 'menial' labour.
Transcribing the information was 'menial' work that did not require her level of expertise to do - it was likely this guy just wanted her to do the work for him, so he would not have to.
The lack of confidence and education forced some to work on 'menial' tasks.
This crisis causes farmers to abandon their land and migrate toward urban areas to find 'menial' work, or to illegally immigrate to more financially stable countries.
His daily duties entailed preparing vegetables, doing the dishes and the other 'menial' tasks that no one else wanted.
Regardless of whether she enjoyed the 'menial' work of typing or selling or waitressing or clerking, she at least had freedom of movement to a degree.
They will be allowed to perform 'menial' tasks that require no skill whatsoever.
As one of the more respected maids, she did not have to bother with the 'menial' tasks such as preparing the fires, she was merely there to serve the food, and assist in the general goings on of castle life.
Nor were we happy with how some of the churches educated, when they seemed to train the young primarily for 'menial' pursuits such as domestics.
Cheng said they would often look for 'menial' work in restaurants or labouring work around the city.
My brain must be shrinking the longer I spend here, because I seem to derive great happiness and satisfaction from 'menial' tasks.
Life for most was dull and without pleasantries, simply killing time with 'menial' tasks.
Try to set yourself a 'menial' task - eg, setting the table, cleaning the bath, making the tea - whilst you sing.
That means his mission commander can ask him to clean the air filters, unload some equipment, or take care of other 'menial' tasks.
In the eleventh century the Norse kings probably had an immediate retinue of about ninety men, excluding 'menial' servants and hangers on.
By contrast, women from high-class families had maids to take care of most household chores and other 'menial' work and thus worked far less than men or women in lower socioeconomic groups.
Approach everything menial as something special and it need never be 'menial' again.
The worst definition for a woman's occupation was the one she was likeliest to have: a 'menial' servant.
Food and shelter are the greatest problems, and many children have lost families or work at 'menial' tasks to provide meager, subsistence-level support.
As a 'menial' , I was never told who these men were, never introduced to them, but I assumed they were the backers who had money at risk.
He finds he is not mean-spirited enough to be a criminal, not tough enough to be a police officer, and too smart to subject himself to 'menial' work.
Most of them have done 'menial' work throughout their student life to help see them through university.
While she was gone a 'menial' came by to light the ceiling lamps, a touch with a burning taper on the end of a pole and the gas wicks glowed to life.
Many refugees who were professionals in their countries now find themselves performing 'menial' tasks or manual labor.
If Saturn lacks dignity it can indicate the lower regions of society: foolish people, down and outs, scavengers, beggars and employees who act as servants or 'menial' staff to others.
When they hit the fleet, they face a year of 'menial' tasks - scrubbing toilets, burning trash, picking up litter.
As time marched on, Suzie sat at her desk and performed her menial task as 'menially' as she could, and because of this, her writing changed.
Upon arrival in the Grasse Mount building on Summit Street, I must enter a 'menially' labeled door, the Phone-a-thon Entrance.
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