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menial adjective [ ˈmiːnɪəl ]

• (of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.
• "menial factory jobs"
Similar: unskilled, lowly, humble, low-grade, low-status, routine, humdrum, boring, dull, degrading, mean, inferior, unworthy, blue-collar,
Opposite: noble, elevated, skilled,

menial noun

• a person with a menial job.
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘domestic’): from Old French, from mesnee ‘household’.


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