labored

la-bored · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Done with great effort and difficulty; not natural or spontaneous.

  2. 2.

    (Of speech or writing) Showing excessive effort; lacking fluency.

Related words

Antonyms: easy, effortless, natural
See also: labor, laboring, laboured
Synonyms: difficult, forced, strained

Etymology

From Latin laborare meaning "to work, toil," past participle form.