labored
adjectiveShowing obvious effort or strain instead of ease or naturalness.
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Clear all filtersShowing obvious effort or strain instead of ease or naturalness.
Lacking energy, distinction, or interest.
To express sorrow or deep regret about something.
An overwhelming victory or a very large majority in a vote.
Lacking energy or moving with relaxed slowness.
Deserving praise.
Giving or providing something in generous or abundant amounts.
Generously abundant
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Not sufficiently strict, careful, or attentive.
Relating to the making of laws or the body responsible for making them.
A less strict or severe approach to rules or punishment.
Less strict or severe in judgment, discipline, or enforcement.
Lacking energy or alertness.
Lightness of manner, especially when greater seriousness is expected.
Likely or exposed to the possibility of something, often an unfavorable outcome.
A published false statement that harms a person's reputation, especially in writing.
Open to unfamiliar ideas or ways of living rather than narrowly bound by convention.
Open to different ideas
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A political tradition emphasizing individual freedom, civil liberties, and openness to reform.
To free someone or something from control, restriction, or confinement.
Of an asset, readily convertible to cash.
The ease and speed with which an asset can be traded or converted to money without a substantial loss in value.
A long and often repetitive series of statements or complaints.
To pursue or contest a dispute through legal proceedings.
Unwilling or reluctant.
To dislike intensely.
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