menial
Example Sentences
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While robots may be able to take over menial tasks, humans will be needed to supervise and repair complex fleets.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
Venezuelans, many working here in menial jobs despite their education, could return to their cities of birth and rebuild their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
Edgerton recalls a moment cut from the film, in which the boss orders all the other workers to settle back into their menial tasks.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
He went from a menial role to eventually founding a multi-million dollar empire including the international clothing brand Giordano.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025
Selling junk for petty cash, our menial jobs, our grimy apartment—the American version of a hut; maybe in America, when Baba looked at me, he saw a little bit of Hassan.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
