(BrE) (AmE labored) adjective
1 (of breathing) slow and taking a lot of effort:
Her breathing became more and more laboured.
2 (of writing, speaking, etc.) not natural and seeming to take a lot of effort:
The movie looks laboured and slow by today's standards.
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