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laborious

Laborious describes something that requires a lot of work and that is often tedious or difficult. (adjective)

  1. Building a house is an example of a process that would be described as laborious.
  2. Reading a badly written essay that lacks in fluency is an example of a task that would be described as laborious.

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See laborious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See laborious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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