Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hak-wurk]
- /ˈhækˌwɜrk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hak-wurk]
- /ˈhækˌwɜrk/
Definitions of hackwork word
- noun hackwork writing, painting, or any professional work done for hire and usually following a formula rather than being motivated by any creative impulse. 1
- noun hackwork Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula. 1
- noun hackwork journalism: formulaic writing 1
- noun hackwork undistinguished literary work produced to order 0
- noun hackwork routine, often dull, writing done by a hack2 (sense 2) 0
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Origin of hackwork
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; hack2 + work
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hackwork
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hackwork popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
hackwork usage trend in Literature
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