What does laboured mean?
Laboured means simple past and past participle of labour.
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/ˈleɪ.bɚd/ · verb
simple past and past participle of labour.
At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
At Par, 150207 is the unit for the 1416 to Newquay. It is quite tatty and lacks tables - but does have plug sockets. It sounds laboured as it leaves, and while it sounds like it's struggling as it tackles Luxulyan, it's not losing time.
Use laboured when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Laboured means simple past and past participle of labour.
Common synonyms include heavy, strained, effortful, awkward.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
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