Menial - English meaning

adjective

Relating to people who do physical work rather than mental work, and who usually do not work in an office

Usage examples:

Blue-collar workers.

adjective

Relating to jobs that involve physical work, especially work that you do not need any special skills to be able to do

Usage examples:

Blue-collar jobs, blue-collar workers

adjective

Not interesting; tedious.

Usage examples:

I've got a boring job in an office

verb

Make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging.

Usage examples:

Bore a hole in the wall to pass the cable through

verb

Cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or behaviour.

Usage examples:

She is too polite to bore us with anecdotes

adjective

Causing a loss of self-respect; humiliating.

Usage examples:

The prisoners were subjected to cruel and degrading treatment

verb

Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect.

Usage examples:

She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women

adjective

Making you feel ashamed and worthless as a person

Usage examples:

A degrading job

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's importance.

Usage examples:

I felt very humble when meeting her

verb

Cause (someone) to feel less important or proud.

Usage examples:

He was humbled by his many ordeals

adjective

Tending to consider yourself as having no special importance that makes you better than others; not proud

Usage examples:

He’s a humble man and he’s not comfortable talking about his own achievements., she rose from humbl…

adjective

Lacking excitement or variety; boringly monotonous.

Usage examples:

Humdrum routine work

noun

Monotonous routine.

Usage examples:

An escape from the humdrum of his life

adjective

Lower in rank, status, or quality.

Usage examples:

Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country

noun

A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.

Usage examples:

Her social and intellectual inferiors

adjective

Of a bad quality or low level

Usage examples:

Expanding car ownership and low-grade gasoline have made traffic the leading source of air pollutio…

adjective

Low in status or importance; humble.

Usage examples:

She'd been too good for her lowly position

adverb

To a low degree; in a low manner.

Usage examples:

Lowly paid workers

adjective

Not having importance or rank

Usage examples:

In chess it is possible for the lowly pawn to become the most powerful piece on the board.

verb

Intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.

Usage examples:

I don't know what you mean

adjective

Unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous.

Usage examples:

She felt mean not giving a tip

noun

The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.

Usage examples:

Acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples

noun

A sequence of actions regularly followed.

Usage examples:

I settled down into a routine of work and sleep

adjective

Performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.

Usage examples:

The ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill

verb

Organize according to a routine.

Usage examples:

All had been routined with smoothness

adjective

Not having or requiring special skill or training.

Usage examples:

Unskilled manual workers

adjective

(of people) without any particular work skills, or (of work) not needing any particular skills

Usage examples:

Unskilled workers may lose their jobs.

adjective

Used to describe people who have no particular work skills

Usage examples:

Unskilled employees/labourers/workers businesses such as restaurants are dependent on lower-paid, u…

adjective

Not deserving respect or attention.

Usage examples:

He was unworthy of trust and unfit to hold office

adjective

Not deserving respect, admiration, or support

Usage examples:

I put all unworthy thoughts out of my mind., the theory was unworthy of serious attention., a pract…