How to pronounce banausic
American English pronunciation
buh-NAW-sik
- IPA
- /bəˈnɔsɪk/
- Syllables
- buh · NAW · sik (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
- Also said
- buh-NAW-zik
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What banausic means
Dull and practical, like work done just to earn a living
In a sentence: He found filling in forms banausic and longed to get back to his painting.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Greek word for the work of craftsmen, which goes back to a word for a forge or furnace.
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