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la·bored

(lā′bərd)

adj.

1. Produced or done with effort: the labored breathing of a very ill person.

2. Lacking natural ease; strained: a labored style of debating.

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la•bored

(ˈleɪ bərd)

adj.

1. done or made with difficulty; heavy: labored breathing.

2. showing the effects of great effort; strained: labored writing.

[1525–35]

la′bored•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	labored - lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating" laboured, strained awkward - lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
	2.	labored - requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" laboured, heavy effortful - requiring great physical effort

labored

adjective

1. Not natural or spontaneous:

contrived, effortful, forced, strained.

2. Lacking fluency or gracefulness:

elephantine, heavy-handed, ponderous.

Translations

labored

a. laborioso-a, trabajoso-a;

___ breathing → respiración jadeante.

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