scutwork
See also: scut work
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
scut + work; see scut (“contemptible person”).
Noun
scutwork (uncountable)
- Tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project.
- 2000, Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley, The New Why Teams Don't Work: What Goes Wrong and How to Make It Right
- Everyone on a team must pull their fair share of scutwork if the team is to succeed.
- 2003, Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter
- Hard to keep that edge of horror over the death of another human being when it was surrounded by so much tedious scutwork.
- 2000, Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley, The New Why Teams Don't Work: What Goes Wrong and How to Make It Right
Translations
tedious tasks
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References
- 2003, William S. Haubrich, Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins, Page 216
- 1990, George Morley Story, Dictionary of Newfoundland English, page 448