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laboriousness

laboriousness

7.4
A state of needing a lot of hard work and time
  • noun
  • /ləˈbɔːr.i.əs.nəs/
translation icon : laboriosidad
  • She appreciated the laboriousness involved in crafting her handmade jewelry.

Examples

  • We would have managed the trip in maybe one-tenth the time in one of our fliers, but I later learned that the very laboriousness of the journey was, for first-timers at least, a traditional part of the show.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The laboriousness of the project required long hours and unwavering dedication from the team.

  • The laboriousness of studying for the exams left him feeling exhausted but accomplished.

Synonyms

difficulty
vslaboriousness
651 2.4

A hard part of a task that needs extra effort or is not easy to understand

focuses on the quality of needing great effort rather than mere hardship
hard work
vslaboriousness
355 1.6

A lot of steady effort to achieve something difficult

is about the general quality of requiring a great deal of effort
strenuousness
vslaboriousness
1 7.5

A state of needing a lot of physical or mental effort

stresses need for heavy work but not necessarily high energy display
arduousness
vslaboriousness
8.5

A lot of hard work needed to do a task

is similar but more general about heavy work rather than extreme cases
operoseness
vslaboriousness
  • Formal
9.9

A state of needing a lot of hard work

is broader covering any quality of requiring a great deal of effort
toilsomeness
vslaboriousness
9.9

A situation that needs long, hard work and makes you tired

focuses on needing much effort without stressing duration
effortfulness
vslaboriousness
8.1

A state of needing a lot of hard work to do something

is broader covering any heavy effort not only deliberate acts

Antonyms

to ease
305 2.1

To make something less painful or difficult

How Laborious

laboriousness
7.4
difficulty
651 2.4

Surface Forms

laboriousness singular
laboriousnesses plural

Morphology

laboriousness = laborious (transparent) = labor + ious + ness

Formed by the adjective 'laborious' + '-ness'; meaning 'the quality of being laborious' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word laboriousness comes from the Latin word labor meaning 'work', and the parts -ous ('full of') and -ness (which turns a word into a 'state') build the meaning. So laboriousness is the 'state of being full of work', which is why it means something that needs a lot of effort.