Menial
adjective
Not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.
He started his career in a menial job in the company.
Often appears as...
- menial job
- menial work
noun
A person who does menial work.
He was tired of working as a menial in the office.
Often appears as...
- office menial
- household menial
adjective
Not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.
He started his career in a menial job in the company.
Often appears as...
- menial job
- menial work
noun
A person who does menial work.
He was tired of working as a menial in the office.
Often appears as...
- office menial
- household menial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Low Prestige
Menial indicates a job is not highly respected or valued in society.
Despite his degrees, he worked menial jobs to pay the bills.
Pro Tip 2/3Skill Level
'Menial' often suggests that the job requires little specialized skill or education.
She didn't want her children to settle for menial work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Aspirational
People typically use 'menial' for jobs they don't aspire to; it can sound dismissive.
He dreamt of leaving his menial labor behind for something greater.
Pro Tip 1/3Low Prestige
Menial indicates a job is not highly respected or valued in society.
Despite his degrees, he worked menial jobs to pay the bills.
Pro Tip 2/3Skill Level
'Menial' often suggests that the job requires little specialized skill or education.
She didn't want her children to settle for menial work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Aspirational
People typically use 'menial' for jobs they don't aspire to; it can sound dismissive.
He dreamt of leaving his menial labor behind for something greater.
Pro Tip 1/3Low Prestige
Menial indicates a job is not highly respected or valued in society.
Despite his degrees, he worked menial jobs to pay the bills.
Pro Tip 2/3Skill Level
'Menial' often suggests that the job requires little specialized skill or education.
She didn't want her children to settle for menial work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Aspirational
People typically use 'menial' for jobs they don't aspire to; it can sound dismissive.
He dreamt of leaving his menial labor behind for something greater.
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I felt for years that the climate crisis is the defining challenge of our generation, and here I was, ready to play my part and do something for humanity. But I put my hands on the levers of control that I'd been given and pulled them, and nothing happened. I realized the things I could control were menial day-to-day things.
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and it's where we get the word harmony. Music was used as a form of medicine to treat illnesses and physical complaints, as a vital accompaniment to sporting contests, and as a means to keep workers in time as they toiled away on monotonous or menial tasks. One of the most important applications
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have sent in advance habitation with radiation shelters you won't use an astronaut to do something as quote-unquote menial as building a habitat final precursors will be an army of robots and they'll begin to build habitats I think about the technology we're developing today in 3d
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A tale of mental illness...
As a young woman, I was in a psychiatric hospital on three different occasions for lengthy periods. My doctors diagnosed me with chronic schizophrenia, and gave me a prognosis of "grave." That is, at best, I was expected to live in a board and care, and work at menial jobs.
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Inside the mind of a...
an innocent, loving and lovable kid who was always eager to please. He was poor. And boys like him did menial tasks in the camp. And he seemed happy enough, but I couldn't help wonder -- his parents must have missed him dearly.
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Entrepreneurs come from...
as menial as I was as they were but what I didn't like is having the boss I didn't like a single boss they ever worked for and so at 23 I borrowed a thousand dollars from my boyfriend at the diner where I worked as a waitress
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Will future robots & AI...
robots but has often portrayed them as one-dimensional fully good or fully evil early sci-fi robots sometimes tried to destroy humanity but often they were helpful assistants doing menial chores for humans topics a buddy
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Our fight for disability...
And then, after 21, they went to something called sheltered workshops with menial work and earning either nothing or below minimum wage. So I understood discrimination. My parents understood discrimination.
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Science Fiction Inspires...
one-dimensional fully good or fully evil early sci-fi robots sometimes tried to destroy humanity but often they were helpful assistants doing menial chores for humans carpet's a bit dirty leave it
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Can a robot pass a...
Today, I'm going to talk about AI and us. AI researchers have always said that we humans do not need to worry, because only menial jobs will be taken over by machines. Is that really true?
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How to shift your...
I felt for years that the climate crisis is the defining challenge of our generation, and here I was, ready to play my part and do something for humanity. But I put my hands on the levers of control that I'd been given and pulled them, and nothing happened. I realized the things I could control were menial day-to-day things.
Video examples
Music and creativity in...
and it's where we get the word harmony. Music was used as a form of medicine to treat illnesses and physical complaints, as a vital accompaniment to sporting contests, and as a means to keep workers in time as they toiled away on monotonous or menial tasks. One of the most important applications
Video examples
Building Shelter PIPE How...
have sent in advance habitation with radiation shelters you won't use an astronaut to do something as quote-unquote menial as building a habitat final precursors will be an army of robots and they'll begin to build habitats I think about the technology we're developing today in 3d
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
As a young woman, I was in a psychiatric hospital on three different occasions for lengthy periods. My doctors diagnosed me with chronic schizophrenia, and gave me a prognosis of "grave." That is, at best, I was expected to live in a board and care, and work at menial jobs.
Video examples
Inside the mind of a...
an innocent, loving and lovable kid who was always eager to please. He was poor. And boys like him did menial tasks in the camp. And he seemed happy enough, but I couldn't help wonder -- his parents must have missed him dearly.
Video examples
Entrepreneurs come from...
as menial as I was as they were but what I didn't like is having the boss I didn't like a single boss they ever worked for and so at 23 I borrowed a thousand dollars from my boyfriend at the diner where I worked as a waitress
Video examples
Will future robots & AI...
robots but has often portrayed them as one-dimensional fully good or fully evil early sci-fi robots sometimes tried to destroy humanity but often they were helpful assistants doing menial chores for humans topics a buddy
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Our fight for disability...
And then, after 21, they went to something called sheltered workshops with menial work and earning either nothing or below minimum wage. So I understood discrimination. My parents understood discrimination.
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Science Fiction Inspires...
one-dimensional fully good or fully evil early sci-fi robots sometimes tried to destroy humanity but often they were helpful assistants doing menial chores for humans carpet's a bit dirty leave it
Video examples
Can a robot pass a...
Today, I'm going to talk about AI and us. AI researchers have always said that we humans do not need to worry, because only menial jobs will be taken over by machines. Is that really true?
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Margot Lee Shetterly
American Writer
For too long, history has imposed a binary condition on its black citizens: either nameless or renowned, menial or exceptional, passive recipients of the forces of history or superheroes who acquire mythic status not just because of their deeds but because of their scarcity.
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Lady Colin Campbell
British Writer
I believe that narcissistic personality disorder is a middle- and upper-class disease because you have to have the means to indulge it; you need money and power. Narcissists create havoc around them. You can't get away with that doing a menial job.
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Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
You can be very successful but still struggling financially, and it looked like I'd have to take a year or two off and find whatever menial labouring work you can get as a middle-aged, unskilled bald man.
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Eugene V. Debs
American Politician
Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.
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Robin Wright
American Actress
If there's nothing for me to do as an actress, then that's frustrating. I'd rather go work at a menial labour job, where I can actually get my hands dirty.
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Victoria Coren Mitchell
English Writer
I'm convinced we go to school at the wrong time. I'd have been delighted, aged 12, to get out into the world and earn some money doing something menial.
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Richard C. Armitage
British Actor
I did quite a lot of menial jobs. I was a waiter, an inventory clerk touring round properties listing cups and saucers, and a laserquest marshal.
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Eric Braeden
American Actor
To support my brothers and me, my mother got a job so menial that we never discussed it.
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Darin Strauss
American Writer
I've had menial jobs, and 'professional writer' isn't one of them.
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
American Judge
There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.
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Margot Lee Shetterly
American Writer
For too long, history has imposed a binary condition on its black citizens: either nameless or renowned, menial or exceptional, passive recipients of the forces of history or superheroes who acquire mythic status not just because of their deeds but because of their scarcity.
Quote examples
Lady Colin Campbell
British Writer
I believe that narcissistic personality disorder is a middle- and upper-class disease because you have to have the means to indulge it; you need money and power. Narcissists create havoc around them. You can't get away with that doing a menial job.
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Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
You can be very successful but still struggling financially, and it looked like I'd have to take a year or two off and find whatever menial labouring work you can get as a middle-aged, unskilled bald man.
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Eugene V. Debs
American Politician
Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.
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Robin Wright
American Actress
If there's nothing for me to do as an actress, then that's frustrating. I'd rather go work at a menial labour job, where I can actually get my hands dirty.
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Victoria Coren Mitchell
English Writer
I'm convinced we go to school at the wrong time. I'd have been delighted, aged 12, to get out into the world and earn some money doing something menial.
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Richard C. Armitage
British Actor
I did quite a lot of menial jobs. I was a waiter, an inventory clerk touring round properties listing cups and saucers, and a laserquest marshal.
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Eric Braeden
American Actor
To support my brothers and me, my mother got a job so menial that we never discussed it.
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Darin Strauss
American Writer
I've had menial jobs, and 'professional writer' isn't one of them.
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
American Judge
There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.
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