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Meaning of scutwork | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project.

uncountable

Equivalents

Nederlands rotwerk

Examples

“Everyone on a team must pull their fair share of scutwork if the team is to succeed.”
“Hard to keep that edge of horror over the death of another human being when it was surrounded by so much tedious scutwork.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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