menial 1 of 2

as in humble
showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness every command was obeyed in the menial manner of someone who seemed grateful just to be in the presence of a celebrity

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menial

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noun

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Recent Examples of menial
Adjective
After proving his mettle with such menial jobs, Marks told me, he was eventually given a different but no less innocuous assignment: spend time brushing up on the NBA’s collective-bargaining agreement. Jordan Sargent, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025 Under Trump, immigrants who have lived in this nation for decades, worked diligently at menial jobs, raised families, paid their taxes, have been convicted of no crimes, are being hunted down like animals and deported. Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
Despite the national security risk articulated by politicians and federal law enforcement officials, some users see the risk as menial compared to other social media platforms. Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2023 Introducing artificial intelligence into your business can help you to minimize the menial. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for menial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for menial
Adjective
  • Sometimes those simple, humble, short-on-ingredients dishes are some of our most cherished.
    Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Articulate yet humble in interviews, Coleman is the ultimate team player on the court and the biggest supporter of his teammates off it.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While public money was spent on converting former servants quarters into a family home, the interior decor was paid for privately.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
  • There, a plaque remembers Anne Glover, an Irish servant who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed.
    Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • So Alex dons a uniform, buses tables and engages in servile labor for the first time in her life.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Trump’s servile devotion to Putin becomes the new norm overnight as Republicans cower in support of Trump’s new Putin policy.
    Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Old Lady have underperformed for much of the campaign, and their meek exit from the Champions League at the hands of PSV Eindhoven increased the scrutiny on Motta, who’s only been in the job since last June.
    Emmet Gates, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The column was, if anything, meek to the point of embarrassing.
    Ruth Marcus, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025

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“Menial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/menial. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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