The meaning of LABORED is produced or performed with labor; also : lacking ease of expression. How to use labored in a sentence.

LABORED definition: done or made with difficulty; heavy. See examples of labored used in a sentence.

1. Produced or done with effort: the labored breathing of a very ill person. 2. Lacking natural ease; strained: a labored style of debating.

If someone's breathing is labored, it is slow and seems to take a lot of effort. She could hear Max's harsh, labored breathing.

Workers typically labored 10-to-12-hour days, six or seven days a week, with no vacation or sick leave.

Definition of labored adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Labored definition: Made or done with great effort; not effortless and natural; strained.