menial work

collocation in English

meaningsofmenialandwork

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withwork.
menial
adjective
uk
/ˈmiː.ni.əl/us
/ˈmiː.ni.əl/
Menial work is boring, makes you feel tired, and is given a low ...
See more atmenial
work
noun
uk
/wɜːk/us
/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
See more atwork

(Definition ofmenialandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmenial work

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
The reality is more likely to bemenialworkfor poor wages.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Twice the proportion of innovators do not believe that children save adults frommenialwork, and a substantially smaller proportion believe that adult children help with the work.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They are hanging around the camps doing all kinds ofmenialwork.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The order goes further than threatening the interests of those on the shop floor or those doingmenialworkin offices throughout the land.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I was told that these pensions were going to domestic servants performing manual andmenialwork.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He was allowed to do onlymenialworkand was usually dismissed whenever he was arrested because he was said to be truanting from work.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They were compelled to domenialwork.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It must be remembered that those who perform the administrative tasks and those who do the arduous andmenialworkin local government all perform an important service.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Often, they have to domenialwork.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He would prepare the diets himself, treated the patients with medicines and also didmenialworklike cleaning and washing of the patients.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The contrast betweenmenialworkduring the day and fun during the night may have helped to develop his musical sensibility.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He lives the remainder of his life - some forty years - doingmenialwork, and making suitcases in a factory.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Constantly in conflict with authority figures, he aspired to a career as a musician, but could not obtain evenmenialworkin the music industry.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Times were tough, and from this point until 1973 he would have to do a great variety ofmenialworkto survive in addition to his profession.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Jane foundmenialworkat a hotel to try to support herself.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Tem resigned himself to a period ofmenialworkas a manure loader.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofmenial
Go to the definition ofwork
See other collocations withwork