scutwork

See also: scut work

English

Alternative forms

• scut work

Etymology

From scut +‎ work; see scut (“contemptible person”).

Noun

scutwork (uncountable)

1. Tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project.
   • 2000, Harvey Robbins, 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.

Translations

tedious tasks

• Dutch: rotwerk

References

• William S. Haubrich (2003) Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins, page 216
• George Morley Story (1990) Dictionary of Newfoundland English, page 448

Anagrams

• cutworks