1. relating to or concerned with practical, mundane, or mechanical work rather than intellectual or artistic pursuits
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The professor dismissed the student’s concerns as merely banausic matters.
• She found the banausic aspects of running a business tedious compared to the creative work.
• His banausic approach to art focused solely on commercial appeal.
• The committee was criticized for its banausic view of education funding.
• Despite his artistic training, he was forced into banausic employment to pay the bills.
• The novel contrasts the protagonist’s lofty ideals with banausic reality.