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noun 
  1. 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 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 .
Etymology: Combination of scut (a worthless person) and work


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