microlabour

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A form of microlabor — A type of employment characterized by short-term or piecework jobs that are part of a larger project in which the worker is not involved.

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Meanings

nounmicrolabour (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of microlabor.

    Crucially the workers in these microlabour projects are often unaware of the greater significance of the work they are undertaking (the totality), being given only incomprehensible fragments of a workflow or information process.

    2014, David M. Berry, Critical Theory and the Digital, →ISBN, page 74

Origin

From micro- + labour.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

microlabour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microlabour

MLA

“microlabour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microlabour. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microlabour,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microlabour.

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