taskwork

[ task-wurk, tahsk- ]

/ ˈtæskˌwɜrk, ˈtɑsk- /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR taskwork ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

work assigned or imposed as a task.

unpleasant or disagreeable work.

work paid for by the job; piecework.

Origin of taskwork

First recorded in 1480–90; task + work

Words nearby taskwork

taskbar, task force, taskmaster, taskmistress, task-oriented, taskwork, Tasm., Tasman, Tasmania, Tasmanian, Tasmanian devil

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Example sentences from the Web for taskwork

After being engaged in his taskwork at the India House, he returned in the evening to amuse his father by playing cribbage.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66 No.406, August 1849|Various
It's clear I can't do two things at a time—make love and carry on my taskwork.
Beauchamp's Career, Complete|George Meredith
But he would do nothing as taskwork, and his creative brain loved better to invent than to execute.
Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3|John Addington Symonds
Many of the later compositions even lack religious feeling, and seem to have been written as taskwork.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds

That is the appointed time for the daily emigration, and until all the taskwork is done, no straggling whatever is permitted.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 374, December, 1846|Various

British Dictionary definitions for taskwork

taskwork

/ (ˈtɑːskˌwɜːk) /

noun

hard or unpleasant work

a rare word for piecework

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单词	taskwork
释义	taskwork [ task-wurk, tahsk- ] / ˈtæskˌwɜrk, ˈtɑsk- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR taskwork ON THESAURUS.COM noun work assigned or imposed as a task. unpleasant or disagreeable work. work paid for by the job; piecework. Origin of taskwork First recorded in 1480–90; task + work Words nearby taskwork taskbar, task force, taskmaster, taskmistress, task-oriented, taskwork, Tasm., Tasman, Tasmania, Tasmanian, Tasmanian devil Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for taskwork After being engaged in his taskwork at the India House, he returned in the evening to amuse his father by playing cribbage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66 No.406, August 1849\|Various It's clear I can't do two things at a time—make love and carry on my taskwork. Beauchamp's Career, Complete\|George Meredith But he would do nothing as taskwork, and his creative brain loved better to invent than to execute. Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3\|John Addington Symonds Many of the later compositions even lack religious feeling, and seem to have been written as taskwork. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature\|John Addington Symonds That is the appointed time for the daily emigration, and until all the taskwork is done, no straggling whatever is permitted. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 374, December, 1846\|Various British Dictionary definitions for taskwork taskwork / (ˈtɑːskˌwɜːk) / noun hard or unpleasant work a rare word for piecework Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to taskwork duty, task, business, office, assignment, work, project, thing, role, action, responsibility, operation, effort, stint, care, function, affair, chore, province, burden
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taskwork

noun

Origin of taskwork

Words nearby taskwork

Example sentences from the Web for taskwork

British Dictionary definitions for taskwork

noun

Words related to taskwork