laborious
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i adjective
1.
requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
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: a strained, laborious plot.
4.
given to or diligent in work: a careful, laborious craftsman.
Related forms
la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverb
la·bo·ri·ous·ness, noun
qua·si-la·bo·ri·ous, adjective
qua·si-la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverb
su·per·la·bo·ri·ous, adjective
su·per·la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverb
su·per·la·bo·ri·ous·ness, noun
un·la·bo·ri·ous, adjective
un·la·bo·ri·ous·ly, adverb
un·la·bo·ri·ous·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. toilsome, arduous, onerous, burdensome, difficult, hard, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing. 4. hardworking, industrious, assiduous, sedulous, painstaking.
1. toilsome, arduous, onerous, burdensome, difficult, hard, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing. 4. hardworking, industrious, assiduous, sedulous, painstaking.
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laborious (ləˈbɔːrɪəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | involving great exertion or long effort |
| 2. | given to working hard |
| 3. | (of literary style, etc) not fluent |
| la'boriously | |
| —adv | |
| la'boriousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
laborious
late 14c., "hard-working," from O.Fr. laborieux (12c.), from L. laboriosus "toilsome, wearisome, troublesome," from labor. Meaning "costing much labor" is from 1550s. Related: Laboriously.
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Example sentences
But such increases are laborious to arrange and politically difficult to push through.
All aspects of the venue down to the chairs and lighting are the result of laborious negotiations.
Time was when monitoring a suspected dead-letter box involved laborious work by humans.
It turned out that even laborious hooting and scooting weren't enough.
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