Meaning & use
menial
Requiring little skill and considered to be boring, unskilled, or low in status.
See it in a sentence
The new intern spent the first week doing menial tasks like filing paperwork.
He resented being given menial chores despite his years of experience.
A note on using this word
Menial usually carries a slightly negative tone, suggesting work seen as beneath someone's ability or status.
Words with a similar meaning
unskilledlowly
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
skilledprestigious
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