drudgery
nounUK /ˈdrʌdʒ.ər.i/
US /ˈdrʌdʒ.ɚ.i/
Boring, hard work that makes you feel tired.
Washing all those dishes by hand felt like pure drudgery.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Work that is dull and repetitive, often done out of duty.
He escaped the drudgery of the factory line by learning a trade.
3. The state of being worn down by uninteresting tasks.
Her diary described the drudgery of daily life on the farm.
4. Hard, menial labor with little reward or excitement.
The interns were given the drudgery of filing and copying.