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Rarelaboured
The correct spelling is laboured.
How to pronounce laboured
/ˈleɪ.bəd/
verbIPA: /ˈleɪ.bəd/
Say it like: Lab-owr-ed
The correct spelling is laboured. To toil, to work. For example: "I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point."
Usage Examples
“I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.”
“At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To toil, to work.
- 2.To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- 3.To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.
- 4.To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- 5.To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
adjective
- 1.Expressive of strenuous effort.
- 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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