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laborious
[ luh-bawr-ee-uhs ]
adjective
- requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance:
a laborious undertaking.
Synonyms: wearisome, tiresome, hard, difficult, burdensome, onerous, arduous, toilsome
- characterized by or requiring extreme care and much attention to detail:
laborious research.
a strained, laborious plot.
- given to or diligent in work:
a careful, laborious craftsman.
Synonyms: painstaking, sedulous, assiduous, industrious, hardworking
laborious
/ ləˈbɔːrɪəs /
adjective
- involving great exertion or long effort
- given to working hard
- (of literary style, etc) not fluent
Derived Forms
- laˈboriously, adverb
- laˈboriousness, noun
Other Words From
- la·bo·ri·ous·ly adverb
- la·bo·ri·ous·ness noun
- qua·si-la·bo·ri·ous adjective
- su·per·la·bo·ri·ous adjective
- su·per·la·bo·ri·ous·ness noun
- un·la·bo·ri·ous adjective
- un·la·bo·ri·ous·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of laborious1
Example Sentences
Vaccinations could improve the winged creatures’ chances of surviving the onset of white-nose syndrome, according to Smith, but injecting individual bats is laborious.
I also love the laborious detail you provide about the car you drive in case your set is fact-checked.
Out a second-straight game while he nursed left leg soreness, Rojas watched the play from the dugout, reflecting on Ohtani’s laborious season as he watched the ball sail over the fence.
Hunkered over a Xerox machine at an ad agency above a flower shop on Melrose Avenue, Daniel Ellsberg began the laborious process of photocopying the smuggled documents that he hoped would end the Vietnam War.
The NFL is implementing new rules for this season, including the kickoff and tackling adjustments, meaning more laborious issues for the officiating crews.
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