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   La·bo·ri·ous

   /ləˈbôrēəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a task, process, or journey) requiring considerable effort and time: "years of laborious training" Similar arduoushardheavydifficultstrenuousgruelingmurderouspunishingexactingtoughformidableonerousburdensomeback-breakingtryinguphillrelentlessstiffchallengingHerculeantiringfatiguingexhaustingwearyingwearingtaxingenervatingdemandingwearisometediousboringirksomeinformal:knackeringarchaic:toilsomerare:exigentOpposite easysimple
   • ▪ (of speech or writing style) showing obvious signs of effort and lacking in fluency: "his slow, laborious style" Similar laboredstrainedforcedcontrivedaffectedstudiedstiffstiltedunnaturalartificialoverdoneoverwroughtheavyponderousconvolutednot fluentelaborateoverelaborateintricateornateprolixOpposite effortlessnatural

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘industrious, assiduous’): from Old French laborieux, from Latin laboriosus, from labor ‘labor’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. laboriousness noun

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