menial

Her mother fled Japan when Hirono was 9, bringing her children to Hawaii and working menial jobs for low wages to keep them fed.
Mazie Hirono’s journey from poor immigrant to U.S. senator|Linda Killian|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
Gone are the cluttered maps that entice players with menial tasks.
‘Pokémon Legends Arceus’ is the game mainline Pokémon fans have been begging for|Jhaan Elker|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
During the Confederacy, as each secessionist state printed its own money, images of enslaved people picking cotton and doing other forms of menial labor appeared on the currency in several states.
Putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill Is Not a Sign of Progress. It's a Sign of Disrespect|Brittney Cooper|January 27, 2021|Time
Essentially, Wolfe’s hormones failed to function properly, and even the most menial tasks were exhausting.
Can a hunter outrun an antelope? This ultra-marathoner is finding out.|By Christine Peterson/Outdoor Life|November 23, 2020|Popular-Science

Many music traditions are dying out, with practitioners taking up menial labor to make ends meet.
He Helps Folk Musicians Stay Alive|Daniel Malloy|October 9, 2020|Ozy
They are often forced to drop out of school and take menial jobs to support their new family.
The Sad Hidden Plight of Child Grooms|Nina Strochlic|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Although I hated the menial tasks the job required, it gave me a window into the power of local government.
There’s No Better Test for Millennials than the American City|Michael Tubbs|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or refusing to take on menial work, such as working in a café for example, and instead whining at your parents to pay your rent?
Why ‘Girls’ Is Bad for Women|Emma Woolf|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
UNRWA teachers are paid such menial wages that many treat teaching like flipping burgers.
The Not-So-Bright Future of Palestine's Class of 2013|Maysoon Zayid|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Licensed practical nurses are essentially menial hospital workers who collect vital signs, change bedpans, and bathe patients.
America's Doctors Are Overpaid|Noah Kristula-Green|July 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He lay there five days, during which we performed every friendly and even every menial office.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The crown had been struck from the head of the king, and was snatched at by the most menial and degraded of his subjects.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
Two years afterwards, whilst working in a menial capacity, he attended the school of San Juan de Letran.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
From ministerial down to menial posts no claim was raised, no request preferred.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8|Various
And, by presenting this to the menial who opened the door to you at your house, you went in rejoicing, and all was peace.
The Gold Bat|P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for menial

menial

/ (ˈmiːnɪəl) /

adjective

consisting of or occupied with work requiring little skill, esp domestic duties such as cleaning

of, involving, or befitting servants

servile

noun

a domestic servant

a servile person

Derived forms of menial

menially, adverb

Word Origin for menial

C14: from Anglo-Norman meignial, from Old French meinie household. See meiny

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