la´bored|ness

la´bored|ness
la|bored «LAY buhrd», adjective.
done with much effort; not easy or natural; forced: »

labored breathing. ... the trouble is [his] labored writing, which for the most part is as frothy as yesterday's spaghetti (Clive Barnes).

SYNONYM(S): laborious, studied, constrained. See syn. under elaborate. (Cf.elaborate)
la´bored|ly, adverb.
la´bored|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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