adjective
- requiring much work, effort, or perseverance; difficult and tiring
- showing obvious signs of great effort; painstaking but lacking ease or fluency
Examples
- Writing the research paper was a laborious process that took weeks.
- The laborious task of sorting through thousands of documents finally ended.
- His laborious explanation made the simple concept seem complicated.
- The construction workers faced laborious days in the summer heat.
- She gave a laborious performance that lacked natural flow.
- The laborious climb to the summit tested their endurance.