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In some senses, hackwork is marked as informal, derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.
hackwork
noun 2
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4ADJ.
worst
VERB + HACKWORK
sort
PREP.
into
ADV.
laughably, outright
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noun
1
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.
2
Any type of work that is dull or unoriginal.
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During those fifteen months, he cannot have earned more than $10 a month from writing, mostly from the worst sort of hackwork
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Early on, the film even blunders into outright hackwork, employing laughably literal-minded needle drops.
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