From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Occupationsmenialme‧ni‧al1 /ˈmiːniəl/ adjectiveBOJOB/WORKmenial work is boring, needs no skill, and is not importanta menial jobShe did menial tasks about the house.Examples from the Corpusmenial• Today they are qualified for only the most menialemployment.• Belknap was unable to find anything but meniallabor.• Even well-trained women were forced into menial labor.• I had acquired the truemenialmentality.• Ten workersperforming the most menialtasksimaginable were picked at random from the processing line.• But hiring such people means that you have to pitch in and be willing to do the menial tasks yourself.• She performed her duties faithfully, reserving to herself the most menial tasks.• This mournfully brightmenial Val wore high heels and a black beret.• The outcome of this educationalvacuum is low-paid, menial work.Related topics: Occupationsmenialmenial2 noun [countable]BOJOB/WORKsomeone who does menial work, especially a servant in a houseExamples from the Corpusmenial• As such, they were treated as menials, on a level with cooks, footmen and other servants.• Other cartoons are lifeless; plenty of sitcoms offer drolltoddlers and clevermenials, bringing down their betters with disparagingasides.• To the notables and the men of affairs, Sergeant Janeway was a picturesquemenial at the vestibule of insidedope.• They were no longer the oppressed, wretchedteenmenials who must take orders, toe the line.From Longman Business Dictionarymenialme‧ni‧al /ˈmiːniəl/ adjectivemenial work needs little skill and is badly paidHe worked his way through college by taking menial jobs in the vacation.Originmenial1(1300-1400)Anglo-Frenchmeiniee"household", from Latinmansio; → MANSION