taskwork

[ task-wurk, tahsk- ]

noun

1. work assigned or imposed as a task.
2. unpleasant or disagreeable work.
3. work paid for by the job; piecework.

taskwork

/ ˈtɑːskˌwɜːk /

noun

1. hard or unpleasant work
2. a rare word for piecework

Word History and Origins

Origin of taskwork¹

First recorded in 1480–90; task + work

Example Sentences

Would that I could agree; but I see her in the cities and everywhere, set down to menial taskwork.

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After being engaged in his taskwork at the India House, he returned in the evening to amuse his father by playing cribbage.

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Many of the later compositions even lack religious feeling, and seem to have been written as taskwork.

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It's clear I can't do two things at a time—make love and carry on my taskwork.

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God is not a master exacting taskwork, but a Father, jealous if we refuse our hearts.

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