grunt work

Examples (10)

• He has done the grunt work, sifting through thousands of official records.
• Nobody wants to do the grunt work, but it's essential for the project's success.
• As an intern, I spent most of my time doing grunt work.
• The researchers delegated the data entry, which was mostly grunt work, to their assistants.
• Even brilliant ideas require a lot of tedious grunt work to bring them to fruition.
• She doesn't mind the grunt work as long as she sees the bigger picture.
• We need someone dedicated to handling all the administrative grunt work.
• Before the exciting experiments, there's always plenty of preparatory grunt work.
• Automating repetitive tasks can eliminate a significant amount of grunt work.
• The senior engineers focused on design, leaving the detailed coding and testing as grunt work.