Associations to the word «Laboured»

Wiktionary

LABOURED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of labour
LABOURED, adjective. Of an action that is difficult to perform.
LABOURED, adjective. Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.

Dictionary definition

LABOURED, adjective. Lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating".
LABOURED, adjective. Requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.