laborious Definition
la·bo·ri·ous (lə bôr′ē əs)
laborious Related Forms
la·bo′·ri·ously adverb
la·bo′·ri·ous·ness noun
laborious Synonyms
laborious
modif.
laborious Usage Examples
Infinitive complement
- read: I've read much shorter books which were much more laborious to read.
- write: When there are several factors, it gets laborious to write out all the main and interaction effects required.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: This has made the book more laborious to produce, but has made the finished product a better teaching device.
- seem: The application process seemed a bit laborious but was well worth it.
Modifies a noun
- task: More laborious tasks need only have more storage capacity.
- process: Each painting comes at the end of a laborious process.
- calculation: Are laborious time card calculations tying up your staff?
- journey: Might as well keep fit while I'm making laborious journeys, eh?
- effort: Any private wealth accrued by the Imperial Family is therefore recent in origin and the result of laborious efforts.
- procedure: In some cases design tools have been developed to replace laborious calculation procedures used in the design process.
Modifying Another Word
- somewhat: Drawing a map for future attempts is slow and somewhat laborious.
- extremely: To find these using a dictionary would be extremely laborious.
- rather: And our theses are the result of this rather laborious process.
- too: Data Entry: Into any Microsoft format, no job is too laborious.
- very: In practice, however, construction is a very laborious process.
- quite: What is quite laborious is having to learn to be sharper all over again.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: That several minute trek was compulsory, and, at the time, seemed laborious, even unnecessary.
- become: If writing ever became more laborious than that, then I don't think anyone would enjoy reading what I wrote.
- sound: Sounds very laborious, but once you have done it a couple of times it really isn't.
- prove: The Social Services Department insisted she hang out her own washing; however, this took a very long time and proved very laborious.
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