how to pronounce menial

/ˈmiː.ni.əl/

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menial is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of menial in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… of that sort of like menial job of just …”

meanings of menial

adjective:

Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
Of or relating to unskilled work.
Servile; low; mean.

noun:

A servant, especially a domestic servant.
A person who has a subservient nature.

menial frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word menial occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics menial can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that menial can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;