drudgery

[druhj-uh-ree]

noun

plural

drudgeries 

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

drudgery

/ ˈdrʌdʒərɪ /

noun

1. hard, menial, and monotonous work

Word History and Origins

Origin of drudgery¹

First recorded in 1540–50; drudge + -ery

Example Sentences

But for Liu, a doctoral student at the University of Southern California, AI’s ability to perform this drudgery is beside the point.

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But it wakes us up to the need for those solutions, and it turns our private drudgery into communal solidarity and gives us back the only commodity that ever really mattered: our time.

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Recent college grads view such drudgery as beneath them and think employers are too demanding.

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They come for an escape from the drudgery of daily life, even planning vacations around his concerts.

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You’ll root for the characters to vanquish him only because then the drudgery might finally end.

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When To Use

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