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menial

[mee-nee-uhl, meen-yuhl] / ˈmi ni əl, ˈmin yəl /


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While robots may be able to take over menial tasks, humans will be needed to supervise and repair complex fleets.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

Instead, his days are filled with menial tasks or guard duty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Edgerton recalls a moment cut from the film, in which the boss orders all the other workers to settle back into their menial tasks.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

He found the most easy, menial tasks so challenging, like making a meal or walking the dog.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

In the evenings and on weekends, in spite of his intelligence and education, he worked a menial job.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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