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menial
[ mee-nee-uhl, meen-yuhl ]
adjective
- lowly and sometimes degrading:
menial work.
Antonyms:
menial attitudes.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- pertaining to or suitable for domestic servants; humble:
menial furnishings.
noun
- a domestic servant.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a servile person.
menial
/ ˈ³¾¾±Ë²Ôɪə±ô /
adjective
- consisting of or occupied with work requiring little skill, esp domestic duties such as cleaning
- of, involving, or befitting servants
- servile
noun
- a domestic servant
- a servile person
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾±ð²Ô¾±²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾±ðn¾±Â·²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³¾±ðn¾±Â·²¹±ô adjective
- non·³¾±ðn¾±Â·²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
- ³Ü²Ô·³¾±ðn¾±Â·²¹±ô adjective
- un·³¾±ðn¾±Â·²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of menial1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Nellie’s husband abandoned the family when Stephen was a child, leaving her to bring up him and his brothers on paltry wages from menial jobs.
Computer programming, the report noted, was once a female-dominated industry and seen as a relatively menial role.
The unchecked implementation of technology in daily menial tasks is just as big of a specter here.
Success did not immediately follow, and instead by 2014 she had moved to the US to live with her aunt in New York City to learn English and do menial work.
My current favorite is “Star Trek: Lower Decks,†the animated and more irreverent of the “Star Trek†shows that follows the lower-ranking support crew that handle the menial jobs on a less prestigious Federation starship.
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