Definitions for laboriousness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

la•bo•ri•ousləˈbɔr i əs, -ˈboʊr-(adj.)

  1. requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance:

    a laborious undertaking.

  2. characterized by or exhibiting excessive effort; labored.

  3. industrious.

Origin of laborious:

1350–1400; ME < L labōriōsus

la•bo′ri•ous•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. laboriousness, operoseness, toilsomeness(noun)

    the quality of requiring extended effort

Wiktionary

  1. laboriousness(Noun)

    The condition of being laborious.


Translations for laboriousness

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

laboriousness(noun)

difficult; requiring hard work

Moving house is always a laborious process.

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