hackwork

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Definition of hackwork

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noun

(countable, informal, uncountable)Work that is usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or following a certain formula.

“During those fifteen months, he cannot have earned more than $10 a month from writing, mostly from the worst sort of hackwork”
“Early on, the film even blunders into outright hackwork, employing laughably literal-minded needle drops.”

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noun

(countable, informal, uncountable)Work that is usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or following a certain formula.

“During those fifteen months, he cannot have earned more than $10 a month from writing, mostly from the worst sort of hackwork”
“Early on, the film even blunders into outright hackwork, employing laughably literal-minded needle drops.”
(countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable)Any type of work that is dull or unoriginal.

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From hack + work.

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