menial

Example Sentences

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By offloading the menial stuff to an artificial-intelligence, she says she has freed up time she wouldn’t otherwise have, time she now spends taking guitar and singing lessons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

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

The highly-publicised Neo from tech firm 1X, slated to launch in 2026, can do menial chores like emptying the dishwasher, folding clothes and fetching you items.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 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

Since tribes thus lack economic specialists, they also lack slaves, because there are no specialized menial jobs for a slave to perform.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond