menial means -- not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.
John did not mind having to do menial work at the camp
hard work, menial work, labor
Menial means a task that you consider to be "beneath you." Here are some sentences.I refuse to take a menial job sweeping out the grocery store.That is such a menial task; I deserve a better job than that.Poor people often have to take menial jobs because they cannot find anything better.
Drudgery refers to hard, menial, or dull work. For example, "She found the daily drudgery of filing paperwork tedious and unfulfilling."
During the Great Depression, people were thankful to have work of any kind, no matter how menial.New immigrants may find jobs as menial in hotels and restaurants.
Menial tasks can help by promoting a sense of accomplishment and productivity. They can also provide a break from more mentally taxing activities, helping to clear the mind and reduce stress. Additionally, completing menial tasks can contribute to building routine, discipline, and time management skills.
Shoe-shinning is a menial job.
Pampered Menial was created in 1973.
I am looking for a more menial job- like yours! Sweeping the floor was deemed a much too menial task for the princess.
Mexicans and black people are good for menial jobs. White people for the good jobs, of course.
A person that does menial jobs may be called a grunt.