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laborious

[ luh-bawr-ee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance:

    a laborious undertaking.

    Synonyms: , , , , , , ,

  2. characterized by or requiring extreme care and much attention to detail:

    laborious research.

  3. characterized by or exhibiting excessive effort, dullness, and lack of spontaneity; labored: labor:

    a strained, laborious plot.

  4. given to or diligent in work:

    a careful, laborious craftsman.

    Synonyms: , , , ,



laborious

/ əˈɔːɪə /

adjective

  1. involving great exertion or long effort
  2. given to working hard
  3. (of literary style, etc) not fluent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈǰdzܲԱ, noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of laborious1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word ōōܲ. See labor, -ious
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Example Sentences

Several former federal prosecutors said the firing of an assistant U.S. attorney would normally be a laborious process that involves the employee’s supervisor and higher-ups at their district office.

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Some of Trump’s most prominent current and former attorneys doubt that the president has a path to a third term, absent a laborious, politically challenging and time-consuming constitutional amendment.

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Making the traditional dough-like dish fufu, for example, is laborious and involves pounding cooked yams or cassava into a paste with a mortar.

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After all, bottom-up attempts by the Bush and Obama administrations to negotiate with Pyongyang proved to be both laborious and unsuccessful.

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After Kawther collected the documents she needed, Unicef carried out its own welfare checks and went through a laborious process to arrange to move the Masri children.

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