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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.
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
EXPANDsu·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
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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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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