scutwork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scutwork
1960–65; scut (< ?) + work
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But AI’s ability to reduce scutwork is one reason his role looks more like sales and marketing than accounting.
Writers who have experimented with AI have speculated that it could be helpful, if not in coming up with original ideas, maybe at least in sparking a few, and doing away with the drudgery of coming up with “loglines” and “beat sheets,” Hollywood-ese for scutwork.
From Washington Post
Staring at pickled spiders through a microscope might seem like scutwork, but it’s a delight for arachnologists.
From Seattle Times
Too many seem personally affronted by the kinds of scutwork and drudgery that were just called “life” when I was coming up.
From Washington Post
His duties must eventually have included more than mere scutwork.
From Washington Post
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
