laboured

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of labour

adj

  1. Expressive of strenuous effort.
    At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
  2. Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.

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