hackwork
hack·work [ ˈhak-ˌwərk]
[ˈhak-ˌwərk]
: literary, artistic, or professional work done on order usually according to formula and in conformity with commercial standards
Recent Examples on the Web
//Alan Smithee credits look like hackwork in comparison.
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Graeme Mcmillan, The Hollywood Reporter, "80 Comics to Read For Marvel's 80th Anniversary," 31 Aug. 2019
//Its misfortunes are not difficult to explain: Unlike Life and Fate, Stalingrad was published in the Soviet Union under Stalin and gained a reputation as Stalinist hackwork.
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Sophie Pinkham, The New Republic, "Vasily Grossman’s Lost Epic," 27 Aug. 2019
//His oeuvre is full of hackwork: The pulps commonly paid by the word and Howard was happy to deliver words in bulk, allowing quantity to overwhelm quality.
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John J. Miller, National Review, "The Fantastic Robert E. Howard," 11 July 2019
First Known Use of hackwork
1824, in the meaning defined above
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