janitorial

[ jan-i-tawr-ee-uhl ]

/ ˌdʒæn ɪˈtɔr i əl /

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adjective

of or relating to a janitor, a person employed in an apartment, office, school building, etc., to clean public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs: Our janitorial product supply includes a wide spectrum of cleaning products.

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Origin of janitorial

janitor + -ial

Words nearby janitorial

Janina, Janine, janissary, Janissary music, janitor, janitorial, janitress, Janjaweed, janky, Jan Mayen, Jannings

How to use janitorial in a sentence

Most of Amazon’s workforce labors in warehouses, and the janitors who clean up after Google workers don’t get the same benefits and protections as employees.
Six things to know about the latest efforts to bring unions to Big Tech|Gerrit De Vynck, Nitasha Tiku, Jay Greene|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
Many of the folks he daps are simply secretaries, security, and even the janitorial staff.
‘black-ish’ Keeps It Real about the Invisible Black Man|Judnick Mayard|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It creates a new visa category, a W visa, for non-farm temporary workers in areas like janitorial services, construction, retail.
Slight Revision on Immigration|Michael Tomasky|April 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His father ran a janitorial business and Tucker would help out by working as a janitor as the local Burger King.
Chris Tucker’s Journey From Tax Problems to ‘Silver Linings Playbook’|Marlow Stern|November 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST

At that time his assignments and activities were primary janitorial.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Were they in some kind of a janitorial uniform so that you could tell that they were employees?
Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Besides, I was ignorant then of janitorial tyranny as the accepted code.
The Van Dwellers|Albert Bigelow Paine
We had not awakened as yet to the fulness of janitorial tyranny and power.
The Van Dwellers|Albert Bigelow Paine