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menial

adjective

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Requiring little skill and traditionally assigned low status.

The club divided even the most menial tasks fairly among its members.

Dictionary practice example.

Sorting plain washers into labeled trays is a menial task in the studio, requiring little skill and receiving less status than shaping the visible frame.

From The Rhythm of a Craft Project.

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