laborious

UK /ləˈbɔːɹiəs/ US /ləˈbɔːɹiəs/
adj 3

Definitions

adj

1

Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

Let us face it, our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.

The coal is then transferred to broad-gauge wagons for transport to Dublin. The transhipment is a rather laborious business, the coal being shovelled by hand from one wagon to another.

2

Mentally difficult; painstaking.

3

Industrious.

All, with united Force, combine to drive / The lazy Drones from the laborious Hive.

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