drudgework

[ druhj-wurk ]

noun

1. work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.

Example Sentences

On the days I was incapacitated — lying in the dark with screaming headaches at least twice a week, if not more — my husband not only had to work a full-time job, but also supervise virtual school, moderate frequent sibling fights, cook meals, and handle all the other day-to-day drudgework that keeps a household functioning.

From Salon

An AI that can do a single task well could free radiologists from drudgework, allowing them more time to interact with patients.

From Scientific American

An AI that can do a single task well could free radiologists from drudgework, allowing them more time to interact with patients.

From Nature

Acceptance speeches usually point downward—“these are the people whose invisible drudgework enabled the amazing talent you’re all familiar with”—but Donen makes the explicit argument that what people think of as “his” talent is entirely the result of the brilliant people he’s collaborated with:

From Slate

It lay just beyond the drudgework of recanting: I know I said I was an alcoholic and then took it back and said I wasn’t really and then took that back and said I actually was but the thing is I’m really not, I promise.

From New York Times