Donkeywork (Noun)
Meaning
Hard monotonous routine work.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The office clerk was stuck doing donkeywork for years, processing paperwork and answering phones without any chance of promotion.
- After graduating from college, she found herself doing donkeywork in a large corporation, feeling unfulfilled and restless.
- The data entry job was pure donkeywork, requiring her to stare at a screen and type numbers all day without any break.
- He felt like he was doing donkeywork on the assembly line, repeating the same tasks over and over without any sense of purpose.
- The intern was given donkeywork to do, such as fetching coffee and making photocopies, with little opportunity to learn or contribute to the team.