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la⋅bo⋅ri⋅ous

  [luh-bawr-ee-uhs, -bohr-]
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–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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L labōriōsus. See labor, -ious

Related forms:
la⋅bo⋅ri⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
la⋅bo⋅ri⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. toilsome, arduous, onerous, burdensome, difficult, hard, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing. 4. hardworking, industrious, assiduous, sedulous, painstaking.
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la·bo·ri·ous   (lə-bôr'ē-əs, -bōr'-)   
adj.  
  1. Marked by or requiring long, hard work: spent many laborious hours on the project.
  2. Hard-working; industrious.

[Middle English, from Old French laborieux, from Latin labōriōsus, from labor, labor.]
la·bo'ri·ous·ly adv., la·bo'ri·ous·ness n.
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