drudgery

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His predecessor took it up with an enthusiasm that burned within him, and accepted training in a service where the drudgery is as severe though generally kept out of sight.

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  1. noun Tedious, menial, or unpleasant work. See Synonyms at work.

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  • Instead of having to devote only a few hours a day to teaching English, as he had been promised, the whole of his time was taken up by the usual drudgery which is the lot of an under-master, so that he could not study for himself. —  Philip Gilbert Hamerton
  • Popular Mechanics magazine and every science fiction movie and TV show ever made -- promised us that by now we would all own robots that would perform all forms of drudgery, allowing their human masters to remain motionless on the couch until they became gigantic snack-consuming blobs like Jabba the Hutt, at which point the robots would rebel and enslave the world.
  • To offset the drudgery, the state of Queensland is offering $105,000, accommodation in a luxury three-bedroom house and transportation to and from the island. —  NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. —  the paris apartment
  • Many people view personal finance as complete drudgery, a task to be avoided in favor of … pretty much anything else in life. —  The Simple Dollar
 

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/ˈdrədʒəri/
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