menial

[MenĀ·ial]

A menial task is anything that takes very little training, skill, or talent. Some people find it relaxing to do the menial chore of folding laundry. Go figure.

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Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.

Noun
a domestic servant

Adjective S.
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)


n.
Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.

n.
Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile; low; mean.

n.
A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.

n.
A person of a servile character or disposition.


Menial

Men"ial , a. [OE. meneal, fr. meine, maine, household, OF. maisni'82e, maisnie, LL. mansionaticum. See Mansion, and cf. Meine, n., Meiny.] 1. Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.
Two menial dogs before their master pressed.
2. Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile; low; mean. " Menial offices." Swift.

Menial

Men"ial, n. 1. A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices. 2. A person of a servile character or disposition.

Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.

A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.

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Usage Examples

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

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Other Usage Examples

Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.

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