menial task
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmenialandtask
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menial
adjective
uk/ˈmiː.ni.əl/us/ˈmiː.ni.əl/
Menial work is boring, makes you feel tired, and is given a low ...
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task
noun
uk/tɑːsk/us/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofmenialandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Overcoming the view of nursing as a subordinate andmenialtaskhas been difficult, especially as some of nursing's traditional elements are strongly reminiscent of domestic work.
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They are reduced to themenialtaskof teaching their clients how to maximize an objective function under predetermined constraints, whatever this function and these constraints may be.
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The animation often involves a sad, lonely individual performing amenialtask.
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Jayni remembers children's stories in which the hero has to perform a terrifying butmenialtask.
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An employee who performs menial tasks such as running errands and answering phones; an assistant.
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Both shared life in community and took part in many of the same menial tasks considered inappropriate for ladies.
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Mann does not discuss the omnipresent plantons, who did various menial tasks.
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Cabin boys were at the lowest end of the naval hierarchy, and were given menial tasks such as clearing pigsties and hen coops.
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He was given menial tasks, such as checking subscriptions to the orphans fund.
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Many of the original employees were now still engaged on menial tasks.
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Why not throw open not merely the menial tasks, but the gates of learning, for training?
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Immediately, they were not simply doing menial tasks.
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They are performing menial tasks—counting coupons, and so on.
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Their youth training scheme conscripted young workers to do menial tasks for little money.
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Many lads will find themselves sweeping floors or doing menial tasks in the post room.
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It is an exercise in exploitation, paying low wages and giving people menial tasks.
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Even the most menial tasks have to be done for them.
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The majority of immigrants at present do menial tasks or manual labour.
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I see nothing dishonourable in cleaning a public building or in doing any of the so-called menial tasks.
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Nurses still have to undertake menial tasks that should be carried out by ancillary workers employed for that purpose.
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