Meaning of Hackwork | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Work that is usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or following a certain formula.
   countable, informal, uncountable
2. Any type of work that is dull or unoriginal.
   countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable

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Examples

“During those fifteen months, he cannot have earned more than $10 a month from writing, mostly from the worst sort of hackwork”

“Early on, the film even blunders into outright hackwork, employing laughably literal-minded needle drops.”

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