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  • noun Dreary, tedious work done by rote.

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rote +‎ work

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Examples

  • - including me, at times - fall into the lazy trap of wanting to assign rotework that can be endlessly recycled as work for new students, a model that fails when the students treat their work as useful in and of itself and therefore worthy of making public for their peers and other interested parties who find them through search results, links, etc.

    Planet Mozilla 2009

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