labored
[adjective]
Synonyms: hard, arduous, difficult, effortful, heavy, laborious, operose, strenuous, toilsome, uphill, forced, farfetched, strained

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Related Words: heavy, ponderous, weighty, awkward, clumsy, inept, maladroit

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I. la‧bored AC /ˈleɪbəd $ -bərd/ adjective
the American spelling of laboured

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II. la‧boured AC British English, labored American English /ˈleɪbəd $ -bərd/ adjective

1. if someone’s breathing is laboured, it is difficult for them to breathe

2. if writing or speaking is laboured, it takes a lot of effort and is not good:
Some of the episodes are very laboured.

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