laboured

Alternative forms
(mostly U.S.): labored.

Adjective

 * 1) Expressive of strenuous effort.
 * At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
 * 1) Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: