Hackwork
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hackwork is a noun meaning (informal) Work that is usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or following a certain formula.
Meaning
(informal) Work that is usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or following a certain formula.
More Meanings
- (informal, somewhat derogatory) Any type of work that is dull or unoriginal.
Example Sentences
Early on, the film even blunders into outright hackwork, employing laughably literal-minded needle drops.
During those fifteen months, he cannot have earned more than $10 a month from writing, mostly from the worst sort of hackwork
Word Forms
- hackworks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hack, hacking, hackaround, hackathon, geeksploitation, codework.
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