drudgery

American  

[druhj-uh-ree] / ˈdrʌdʒ ə ri /

noun

plural

drudgeries

1. menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.

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drudgery British  

/ ˈdrʌdʒərɪ /

noun

1. hard, menial, and monotonous work

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Usage

What are other ways to say drudgery?

Drudgery refers to menial, distasteful, or hard work. How is drudgery different from work, labor, or toil? Find out on Thesaurus.com.

Etymology

Origin of drudgery

First recorded in 1540–50; drudge + -ery

Example Sentences

People who ignore or undervalue prompting will remain trapped in the drudgery of manual operations, where data points must be located and assembled.

From MarketWatch

And to dispatch the three-time champions of Europe on their home turf, the club also had to embrace torturous drudgery.

From The Wall Street Journal

Youth practices often began just after Olympians’ sessions ended, which meant the young Stolz could watch the best in the world endure the grueling drudgery of training.

From The Wall Street Journal

It's a reminder of the human drudgery underpinning how AI systems operating in the physical world learn.

From BBC

AI relieves humans not of creativity but of drudgery—the rote, time-consuming tasks that have always consumed more human energy than inspiration ever did.

From The Wall Street Journal