[ UK /mˈiːnɪəl/ ]
[ US /ˈminiəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
NOUN
  1. a domestic servant
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How To Use menial In A Sentence

  • Why should we just do menial work when we are capable of much more? The Sun
  • As if in relate of a king's barbarous thoughts, Oswald right widely separated appears lusting for a red red blood of bad Gloucester, a attempted attempted attempted attempted murder which would win a menial reward from Goneril. Archive 2009-11-01
  • A new block of masonry was built up from the ground of such height and lordliness that the remnant of the old pile left standing became as a mere cup-bearer and culinary menial beside it. The Hand of Ethelberta
  • Binny I 'ope, Sir Edward, there's no objections to my leading Miss Sharpe to the hymenial halter. Our American Cousin
  • Armenialandlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains; Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan) is the largest lake in this mountain range Geography-note
  • Despite their rather chichi digs, Kingsley leaves early each morning to dig ditches and run a convenience store - menial, undignified tasks.
  • The mechanisms on catamenial epilepsy show that ovarian steroid hormones not only regulate reproductive behavior but also exert short-term and long'-term effects on the brain.
  • I felt pretty low while I was doing this sub-menial task, but a job's a job, and you can't feed yourself, my angel.
  • Inexpensive areas to live are not, as some sophisticates on the coast suppose, attractive only to dullards and menial workers.
  • By chance, while working as an English teacher I also have a degree in English I discovered other women were suffering from what is termed catamenial epilepsy, seizures caused by the menstrual cycle. Jo Ann Greenwald: The Story of Emily's Edibles
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