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belabored

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore B words

developed or stressed in excessive, tiresome detail

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Belabored in a sentence

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The essay's belabored metaphor stretched across three tedious pages.

Synonyms
overwroughtlaboredoverdonestrained
Antonyms
conciseeffortless
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Belabored (adjective) means developed or stressed in excessive, tiresome detail
Here is belabored used in an example sentence: "The essay's belabored metaphor stretched across three tedious pages."
Common synonyms for belabored include overwrought, labored, overdone, strained.
Antonyms of belabored include concise, effortless.
Belabored is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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