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Definition of workaday

workaday

/ˈwɜːrkədeɪ/
work · a · day
Plural:workadays
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workaday Lexical Profile

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• adjective

1

Ordinary, routine, or unremarkable; characteristic of everyday life or work rather than special occasions.

Example

"After a week at the tropical resort, returning to the workaday world of commuting and spreadsheets felt jarring."

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• noun

1

A day on which normal work or business is performed, as distinguished from a Sunday or holiday (now rare or archaic).

Example

"In earlier centuries, laborers wore rough homespun garments on a workaday and saved their finer clothes for the Sabbath."

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• Nearby Words

work
workability
workable
workaday
workaholic
workaholism
workaround

Word Origin & Etymology

From Middle English werkedai ('weekday, working day'), an alteration of Old English weorcdæg, where the medial vowel originally represented an inflected genitive ending.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Workaday. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/workaday
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