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Word: Laborious
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘industrious, assiduous’): from Old French laborieux, from Latin laboriosus, from labor ‘labour’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ləˈbɔːrɪəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
requiring considerable time and effort
Short Definition:requiring considerable time and effort
Examples:- years of laborious training
- the work is very slow and laborious
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