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labored (LAY buhrd) (adjective), more labored, most labored
1. Descriptive of movement that is stiff, strained, ponderous: The old woman moved in a labored way as she went up the steps to her apartment.
2. Descriptive of something as contrived, strained, unnatural, or forced: Logan's so-called jokes were so labored that his fellow workers didn't want to hear them.
2. Descriptive of something as contrived, strained, unnatural, or forced: Logan's so-called jokes were so labored that his fellow workers didn't want to hear them.